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 no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on September 11, 2018, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on July 23, 2018. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

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.

• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public

When was Leona's Restaurant last inspected?

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

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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.

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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.

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