La Pulqueria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 26, 2019
• address2501 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is La Pulqueria clean?

La Pulqueria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at La Pulqueria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED THE PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, BUT IS MISSING SOME EQUIPMENT AND DISINFECTANT FOR NOROVIRUS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED VARIETY OF FOOD PREPARED/COOKED IE.RICE, REFRIED BEANS, CHICKEN, ETC.NOT PROPERLY DATE MARKED, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE PROPER DATE MARKING/LABEL TO INDICATE THE DATE OR DAY BY WHICH THE FOOD SHALL BE SOLD, CONSUMED, OR DISCARDED WHEN FOOD IS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 41*F OR BELOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER ON MENU, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DISCLOSURE(*) AND REMINDER BY USING BROCHURES, MENU STATEMENTS, TABLE TENTS, PLACARDS, OR OTHER EFFECTIVE WRITTEN MEANS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED SOME BAKERY ROLLS PRE-PACKAGED BUT NOT PROPERLY LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL THE BAKERY ITEMS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • OBSERVED THE FREEZER WITH EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP, INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN, MAINTAIN. ALSO REMOVE THE ALUMINUM FOIL FROM THE KITCHEN STORAGE SHELF/UNDER THE MICROWAVE. • OBSERVED THE SIDE CUTTING BOARDS STAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE TWO STALLS IN THE LADIES ROOM WITHOUT COVERS, INSTRUCTED THE RECEPTACLES IN THE LADIES STALLS MUST HAVE A COVER.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE TWO STALLS IN THE LADIES ROOM WITHOUT COVERS, INSTRUCTED THE RECEPTACLES IN THE LADIES STALLS MUST HAVE A COVER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR DRAIN BY 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • OBSERVED SOME CLUTTED IN THE REAR YARD, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.

When was La Pulqueria last inspected?

La Pulqueria has 10 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2017.

La Pulqueria vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 June 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.