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La Chapparita Grocery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2016
- address2500 S Whipple St, Chicago 60623
Is La Chapparita Grocery clean?
La Chapparita Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 21, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Chapparita Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS IN THE REFRIGERATORS AND THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS WITH THE PRODUCT NAME AND DATE.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS IN THE REFRIGERATORS AND THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS WITH THE PRODUCT NAME AND DATE.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES LOCATED IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED RAW WOOD BARREL IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL RAW WOOD OR REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES LOCATED IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED RAW WOOD BARREL IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL RAW WOOD OR REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN REAR WITH MINOR DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN REAR WITH MINOR DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING TILE WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE OVER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING TILE WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE OVER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CEILING TILES AND MAINTAIN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED NO EXPOSED HANDSINK LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was La Chapparita Grocery last inspected?
La Chapparita Grocery has 13 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| December 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2011 | Pass |
La Chapparita Grocery vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 December 21, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.