Licoreria & Taqueria Perez

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedFebruary 26, 2019
• address4129 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Licoreria & Taqueria Perez clean?

Licoreria & Taqueria Perez is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Licoreria & Taqueria Perez?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2019, 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 food sanitation manager certification on site. Must have a valid city of Chicago food sanitation manager certification posted in plain view of customers at all times. No city of Chicago food sanitation manager on site while TCS foods (chorizo, steak tacos, etc.) being cooked. Must have a city of Chicago certified food manager on site at all times when TCS foods are being prepped, cooked and/or served. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012. Citation issued.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • Observed no employee health policy on site. Must provide written employee health policy. Priority foundation violation.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Observed no vomit and diarrhea clean up policy on site. Must provide written procedure for the clean up of vomit and diarrheal events, with corresponding equipment. Priority foundation violation.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • Observed hand sinks and washbowl sinks do not have required signage. Must provide hand washing signs at all hand sinks and washbowl sinks. Must maintain same.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • Observed all prepped TCS (time/temperature control for safety) foods in cooler without proper labels. Must label all prepped, TCS foods with common name and discard date. Priority foundation violation.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • Observed no metal stem thermometers on site. Must provide metal stem thermometer to accurately measure internal food temperatures of TCS foods. Priority foundation violation. • Observed coolers without required thermometers. Must place a thermometer in a conspicuous spot in all refrigeration units.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Observed gaps between wall/floors in front dining room. Must install coving in this area to prevent pest entry. Must maintain same. • Observed excessive clutter in rear prep area. Must discard or relocated any unnecessary items, organize clutter to prevent pest harborage. Must maintain same.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • No proof of allergen training on site. Must provide proof of allergen training for all food sanitation managers.

When was Licoreria & Taqueria Perez last inspected?

Licoreria & Taqueria Perez has 11 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2010.

Licoreria & Taqueria Perez vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.