Isla Pilipina Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2020
• address2501 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Isla Pilipina Restaurant clean?

Isla Pilipina Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Isla Pilipina Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE ON SITE BUT CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED TO BE BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN CLEAN UP KIT WITH OUT PROPER SANITIZING SOLUTION AND NO MOP FOR VOMIT CLEAN UP . INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO PROPER HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c) NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NOTED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNIT CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED TO MONITOR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS WITH ACCURATE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED AN APPROXIMATELY "1/2-3/4" IN RIGHT CORNER OF REAR ENTRY DOOR.MUST MAKE DOOR TIGHT FITTING.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THAT UTENSILS IN USE ARE STORED IN WARM WATER TEMP 75 F ,MUST STORED UTENSILS UNDER RUNNING COLD WATER, UNDER HOT WATER (135 F AND ABOVE),IN FOOD HANDLE NOT TOUCHING FOOD AND IN CLEAN PLACE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED THAT UTENSILS IN USE ARE STORED IN WARM WATER TEMP 75 F ,MUST STORED UTENSILS UNDER RUNNING COLD WATER, UNDER HOT WATER (135 F AND ABOVE),IN FOOD HANDLE NOT TOUCHING FOOD AND IN CLEAN PLACE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDE LIGHT BULBS PROTECTIVE SHIELDING OR SHATTER PROOF LIGHT BULBS IN KITCHEN AREA
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDE LIGHT BULBS PROTECTIVE SHIELDING OR SHATTER PROOF LIGHT BULBS IN KITCHEN AREA

When was Isla Pilipina Restaurant last inspected?

Isla Pilipina Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Isla Pilipina Restaurant vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 12, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.