Latin American Rest & Lounge

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2018
• address2743 W Division St, Chicago 60622

Is Latin American Rest & Lounge clean?

Latin American Rest & Lounge is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Latin American Rest & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING STORED, SUCH AS PRODUCE AND COOKED MEAT(BEEF). PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION #7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH NEW CODES OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • PREMISES HAS NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW POLICY OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED PREP TABLES, STEAM TABLE, COUNTER TOPS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT COVERED WITH DUST, RAT DROPPINGS AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED OVER 400 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DINING AREA, THE KITCHEN, STORAGE AND DISHWASHING AREAS AND THE BAR. ALSO NOTED OVER 300 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON BASEMENT FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-020(A) • NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C).
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE THE FOLLOWING: ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES, COUNTER TOPS,SHELVES,RACKS ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,POTS AND PANS,WASHBOWLS,EXPOSED SINKS,DINING TABLES,CHAIRS TO REMOVE ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS,URINE STAINS AND RAT DROPPINGS OF ALL AFFECTED AREAS.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NO HOT RUNNING WATER ON PREMISES FOR PROPER HAND WASHING, AND FOR ADEQUATELY WASHING, RINSING,SANITIZING OF EQUIPMENT AND FLOORS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C).
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NO HOT RUNNING WATER ON PREMISES FOR PROPER HAND WASHING, AND FOR ADEQUATELY WASHING, RINSING,SANITIZING OF EQUIPMENT AND FLOORS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C).
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED CLUTTER THROUGH OUT PREMISES ALONG WITH RAT DROPPINGS IN THE PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS AND IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDED MORE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS AND LIGHT SHIELDS WITH END CAPS WHERE NECESSARY.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST PROVIDED MORE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS AND LIGHT SHIELDS WITH END CAPS WHERE NECESSARY.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PREMISES HAS NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODES OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.

When was Latin American Rest & Lounge last inspected?

Latin American Rest & Lounge has 32 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Latin American Rest & Lounge vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 November 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.