Leona's Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2018
• address1236 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Leona's Restaurant clean?

Leona's Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Leona's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS (TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOR SAFETY) FOODS ARE BEING PREPPED, SUCH AS PIZZAS, SALADS, PASTAS, ETC. INSTRUCTED MUST HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPPED, COOKED AND/OR SERVED. OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATION POSTED IN FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MUST POST AN ORIGINAL FOOD SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO, IN PLAIN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN POLICY FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEANUP AVAILABLE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED TAGGED DISH MACHINE IN USE UPON ARRIVAL TO FACILITY. DURING INSPECTION, TESTED CONCENTRATION OF CHEMICAL SANITIZER, AND OBSERVED NO CONCENTRATION OF CHEMICAL SANITIZER PRESENT IN COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE. OPERATOR COULD NOT PROVIDE PROOF OF CHEMICAL SANITIZER BEING PRESENT. MUST REPAIR. MACHINE HAS BEEN TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL UTENSILS MUST BE WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISH ROOM. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(c). CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE, DIRT, OR DEBRIS ACCUMULATION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: UNDER BAR AREA; FLOORS AROUND BAG IN THE BOX BEVERAGE SHELVING ON 2ND FLOOR; UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT ALONG WALL IN KITCHEN. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE THESE AREAS. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE, MUST PROVIDE. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT NOT VISIBLE TO PUBLIC, BUSINESS LICENSE PLACED IN FRONT OF SUMMARY REPORT. INSTRUCTED MUST POST SUMMARY REPORT IN A CONSPICUOUS SPOT, SO THAT IT IS EASILY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, IN IT'S ENTIRETY. CORRECTED ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. 7-42-010(B). NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT NOT VISIBLE TO PUBLIC, BUSINESS LICENSE PLACED IN FRONT OF SUMMARY REPORT. INSTRUCTED MUST POST SUMMARY REPORT IN A CONSPICUOUS SPOT, SO THAT IT IS EASILY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, IN IT'S ENTIRETY. CORRECTED ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. 7-42-010(B). NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Leona's Restaurant last inspected?

Leona's Restaurant has 12 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2014.

Leona's Restaurant vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 July 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.