Mayan Sol-La Esquinita Del Sabor is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 15, 2015. 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 Mayan Sol-La Esquinita Del Sabor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • VENTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR BASEMENT AREA NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR BASEMENT AREA NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS.
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER IN MEAT COOLER UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, MUST PROVIDE,
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER IN MEAT COOLER UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, MUST PROVIDE,
🧻grimy wiping cloths
Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOORS, AWAY FROM WALLS.
⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE,
Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE,
When was Mayan Sol-La Esquinita Del Sabor last inspected?
Mayan Sol-La Esquinita Del Sabor has 5 inspections on record going back to August 27, 2013.
date
result
score
March 14, 2016
closed by the city
January 15, 2015
Pass
February 7, 2014
Pass
January 29, 2014
Fail
August 27, 2013
Pass
Mayan Sol-La Esquinita Del Sabor vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 January 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.