Mex Flavor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2012
• address2525 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mex Flavor clean?

Mex Flavor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mex Flavor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2012, 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 • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. The cheese cooler interior is dirty and the tamale freezer lid is missing, replace the freezer lid and sanitize the cheese cooler.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. The floors are dirty under and behind the pallets in the turned off walk in cooler and along the west wall, clean the floors from corner to corner.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. The floors are dirty under and behind the pallets in the turned off walk in cooler and along the west wall, clean the floors from corner to corner.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. The glass bulbs above the spice packing area are not shielded, install shields or shatterproof bulbs.

When was Mex Flavor last inspected?

Mex Flavor has 1 inspection on record going back to January 20, 2012.

Mex Flavor vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 January 20, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.