Lito's Empanadas

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 22, 2019
• address100 W Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Lito's Empanadas clean?

Lito's Empanadas is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 22, 2019. 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 Empanadas?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED WITH A PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, BUT NO SUPPLIES. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES TO HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE THAT CORRESPOND WITH PROCEDURE/PLAN. MUST MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON VENT HOOD PIPES. INSTRUCTED TO DEGREASE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALLS SURROUNDING 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND REAR HAND SINK WITH DIRT AND GREASE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN. • OBSERVED PIPES RUNNING ON FLOOR TO FLOOR DRAIN IN PREP AREA NEAR 3-COMP SINK. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE OF REQUIREMENTS AND PIPES CAN NOT RUN HORIZONTALLY ON FLOOR. MUST REPAIR, REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MOP IN A POSITION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. MUST STORE MOP AFTER USE IN A MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING.

When was Lito's Empanadas last inspected?

Lito's Empanadas has 2 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2019.

Lito's Empanadas vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 February 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.