Morena's Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 17, 2019
• address5054 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Morena's Kitchen clean?

Morena's Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 17, 2019. 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 Morena's Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11 OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELDS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURES ABOVE THE STOVE AND PREP TABLES. MUST PROVIDE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11 OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELDS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURES ABOVE THE STOVE AND PREP TABLES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N) OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • 3-603.11 OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER STATEMENT ON THE MENU. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO DISCLOSE TO CUSTOMERS WHICH FOODS CAN BE ORDERED RAW OR UNDERCOOKED AND LINK THOSE FOODS TO A REMINDER STATEMENT THAT STATES THAT EATING RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 CLEAN THE STOVE, PREP COOLER, VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS, STEAM TABLE, PREP TABLES, MICROWAVE, DEEP FRYERS, AND STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED A WASTE RECEPTACLE WITHOUT A COVER IN THE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE A COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE WASHROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED A WASTE RECEPTACLE WITHOUT A COVER IN THE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE A COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE WASHROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE FLOOR AND WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 6-501.114 REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT FROM THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT.

When was Morena's Kitchen last inspected?

Morena's Kitchen has 12 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2015.

Morena's Kitchen vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.