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La Bomba Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 26, 2017
- address3221 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647
Is La Bomba Restaurant clean?
La Bomba Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 26, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at La Bomba Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS NOT LABELED OR DATED AT 1ST FLOOR REAR STORAGE COOLERS AND 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS ALSO OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED AT 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. MUST LABEL AND DATE FOODS AND BULK CONTAINERS.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS NOT LABELED OR DATED AT 1ST FLOOR REAR STORAGE COOLERS AND 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS ALSO OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED AT 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. MUST LABEL AND DATE FOODS AND BULK CONTAINERS.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED SLIGHT CALCIUM BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AT DISHWASH AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES, FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES AT DISHWASH AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES, FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 2-COMPARTMENT SINK LEFT SIDE COMPARTMENT DRAIN PIPE LEAKING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERED METAL ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERED METAL ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
When was La Bomba Restaurant last inspected?
La Bomba Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| January 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2016 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 29, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2015 | Pass |
La Bomba Restaurant vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 26, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.