K Buena

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 23, 2019
• address4322-4324 W Marquette Rd, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is K Buena clean?

K Buena is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at K Buena?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY IN WHICH ALL MANAGERS, FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPORTING ANY ILLNESSES THEY MAY INCUR THAT IS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE AND PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR HANDLING THESE EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT THE FRONT HAND WASHING SINK NOR AT THE WASH BOWL IN THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGN OR POSTERS TO ALL HAND WASHING SINKS. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE FOLLOWING NEEDS TO BE DETAILED CLEAN AND MAINTAINED: -ALL THE STORAGE RACKS ON THE SALES FLOOR -ALL THE PREP TABLES IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA -THE LINING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DISPLAY COOLERS NEED TO BE REPLACED -THE INTERIOR OF THE COOLERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT -TABLES IN DINING AREA -INTERIOR OF THE HAND WASHING SINKS AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK -STORAGE RACKS FOR THE UTENSILS
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACK FLOW PREVENTER NOT LOCATED AT THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SO THAT IT CAN BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, ALONG THE WALLBASE, UNDER AND AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN ALL FOOD PREP AND STORAGE AREAS WITH DIRT, FOOD AND DEBRIS. -WALLS AROUND SINKS, COOLERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH FOOD, DIRT, DUST AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AND WALLS THROUGH OUT. • SIDE REAR STORAGE AREA WITH CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ITEMS AND ORGANIZE/MAINTAIN AREA.

When was K Buena last inspected?

K Buena has 16 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

K Buena vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in West Lawn

• ✓ El Bombazo Mexican Food
  clean · August 14, 2012
• ? The Best Beef On Midway, Inc
  cooked · September 7, 2012
• ✓ Mis Tacos
  clean · January 11, 2010
• ✓! Gorditas Santiago
  mid · August 6, 2019
• ✓ Restorant Verona
  clean · September 15, 2010
• ✓ Kmart #4235
  clean · October 12, 2010

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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 April 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.