Lito's Empanada

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 29, 2017
• address2566 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Lito's Empanada clean?

Lito's Empanada is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 29, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Lito's Empanada?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED COLD HOLD UNIT REFRIGERATOR TOP DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY AT HOT LINE AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR TOP DOOR CLOSING MECHANISM AT COLD HOLD UNIT TOP DOOR. NOTED TINFOIL LINER ON THE BACKING OF RANGE AT HOT LINE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE TIN FOIL LINER AND THAT ONLY SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES MAY BE USED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED COLD HOLD UNIT REFRIGERATOR TOP DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY AT HOT LINE AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR TOP DOOR CLOSING MECHANISM AT COLD HOLD UNIT TOP DOOR. NOTED TINFOIL LINER ON THE BACKING OF RANGE AT HOT LINE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE TIN FOIL LINER AND THAT ONLY SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES MAY BE USED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NOTED INTERIOR OF TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR HOLDING EMPENADAS WAS DUSTY WITH FLOUR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED BROKEN CEILING PANEL OVER EXPOSED HANDSINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGMENT TO REPLACE CEILING PANEL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED BROKEN CEILING PANEL OVER EXPOSED HANDSINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGMENT TO REPLACE CEILING PANEL.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED HOOD FILTERS GREASY AT HOT LINE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN HOOD FILTERS AT HOT LINE

When was Lito's Empanada last inspected?

Lito's Empanada has 6 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2014.

Lito's Empanada vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 29, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.