Mercado La Casita, Inc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2018
• address2632 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mercado La Casita, Inc clean?

Mercado La Casita, Inc is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 3, 2018. 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 Mercado La Casita, Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO CLEANING PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N) NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010

When was Mercado La Casita, Inc last inspected?

Mercado La Casita, Inc has 2 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2018.

Mercado La Casita, Inc vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 43% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 32 mid, 192 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage 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 October 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.