Mi Lindo San Jose

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2018
• address3519 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mi Lindo San Jose clean?

Mi Lindo San Jose is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mi Lindo San Jose?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 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 OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY OR KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN POLICY AND GET A CLEAN-UP KIT PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE AT MOP SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A BACK FLOW DEVICE AT MOP SINK. CORE VIOLATION
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-402.12 OBSERVED NO GREASE TRAP UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A GREASE TRAP OR SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE TRAP IF IT IS IN GROUND. CORE VIOLATION
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-402.12 OBSERVED NO GREASE TRAP UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A GREASE TRAP OR SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE TRAP IF IT IS IN GROUND. CORE VIOLATION
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVTCE AT RESTROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOR RESTROOM DOOR. CORE VIOLATION
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVTCE AT RESTROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOR RESTROOM DOOR. CORE VIOLATION

When was Mi Lindo San Jose last inspected?

Mi Lindo San Jose has 3 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2016.

Mi Lindo San Jose vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 November 5, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.