Lm Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 8, 2019
• address1932 W Lake St, Chicago 60612
• cuisineCatering

Is Lm Catering clean?

Lm Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 8, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lm Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE OR NECESSARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN POLICY ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN USE IN REAR OF FACILITY WITH CHEMICAL SANITIZING SOLUTION READING AT 0PPM DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE CHEMICAL SANITIZE AT PROPER CONCENTRATION OF 200 PPM.PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED FLANK STEAKS ON PREP TABLE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE (49.7F).INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL COLD HELD FOOD ITEMS SHALL BE KEPT AT 41F OR BELOW. MANAGER DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAID FOOD ITEM DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED TCS FOODS (SALMON,BEEF SCRAPS,CHOPPED POTAOES,PICKLED PURPLE CABBAGE, HOMEMADE SALAD DRESSINGS, ETC), IN ALL WALK IN COOLERS THRU OUT FACILITY WITH IMPROPER DATE MARKING.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL TCS ITEMS OPEN AND HELD IN FACILITY FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITH DISCARD OR USE BY DATE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED VARIOUS BULK FOOD CONTAINERS THRU OUT FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT LABELS OF COMMON NAME HOLDING GRAINS, SEASONINGS , ETC. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL WITH COMMON NAME AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS HANDLING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS HANDLING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED ON PREP TABLES AND IN FOOD HANDLERS APRONS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN CONCENTRATED SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BLACK DIRT ENCRUSTED CRATES INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLERS AND LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM USED TO STORE ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN APPROVED FOOD GRADE ONLY CONTAINERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE PREVENTION DEVICE LOCATED ON COFFEE MACHINE IN TASTING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED WALK IN FREEZER WITH INADEQUATE LIGHTING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED WALK IN FREEZER WITH INADEQUATE LIGHTING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.

When was Lm Catering last inspected?

Lm Catering has 5 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2016.

Lm Catering vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓ Lm Catering
  clean · July 19, 2016
• ✓ Chapati Indian Grill
  clean · August 3, 2017
• ✓ Maxwell Inn
  clean · June 7, 2016
• ✓ Ronero
  clean · March 14, 2018
• ✓ Ronero
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• ✓ Blvd
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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 March 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.