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Margarita's Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 21, 2020
- address704 W 47Th St, Chicago 60609
Is Margarita's Restaurant clean?
Margarita's Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 21, 2020. 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 Margarita's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 21, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-010.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA PROCEDURE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND NO CITATION ISSUED MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS WITHOUT BEING STORED IN SANITIZING SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS AT REAR STORAGE AREA. ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58: All certified food service sanitation managers employed by a restaurant must receive or obtain training in basic allergen awareness principles within 30 days after employment and every 3 years thereafter. NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT# 2288264 DATED 5/3/2019. MUST CORRECT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58: All certified food service sanitation managers employed by a restaurant must receive or obtain training in basic allergen awareness principles within 30 days after employment and every 3 years thereafter. NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT# 2288264 DATED 5/3/2019. MUST CORRECT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090.
When was Margarita's Restaurant last inspected?
Margarita's Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| February 21, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2016 | Pass |
Margarita's Restaurant vs Fuller Park
Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.