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La Iguanita Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2013
- address3733 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632
Is La Iguanita Restaurant clean?
La Iguanita Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 25, 2013. 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 Iguanita Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE PREP CHEST COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREARefrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE PREP CHEST COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM GREASE TRAP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,RUSTY SHELVES AT REACH-IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA,ALSO METAL SHELVING NEAR REAR PREP AREA HAS RUST MUST USE A NON-TOXIC PAINT AND CUTTING BOARDS BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA HAS OPEN SEAMS MUST REPLACEFood And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM GREASE TRAP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,RUSTY SHELVES AT REACH-IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA,ALSO METAL SHELVING NEAR REAR PREP AREA HAS RUST MUST USE A NON-TOXIC PAINT AND CUTTING BOARDS BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA HAS OPEN SEAMS MUST REPLACE
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN FILTERS ABOVE STOVE AT FRONT PREP AREA OF GREASE,CLEAN INTERIOR OF CHEST PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA AND CLEAN LIGHT SHIELD COVERS AT FRONT PREP AREA
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN CORNERS HAS HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UPFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN CORNERS HAS HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON WALL NEAR EXPOSED HANDSINK AT FRONT PREP AREA AND CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT FRONT PREP AREA AND REAR PREP AREA NEAR WALL BASEWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON WALL NEAR EXPOSED HANDSINK AT FRONT PREP AREA AND CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT FRONT PREP AREA AND REAR PREP AREA NEAR WALL BASE
When was La Iguanita Restaurant last inspected?
La Iguanita Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| February 25, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2012 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2011 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2011 | Fail |
La Iguanita Restaurant vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 38% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 150 clean, 38 mid, 212 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, 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 February 25, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.