Morena's Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2019
• address5058 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 March 27, 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 March 27, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒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 AND SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED A BRICK WALL IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA THAT IS NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE ON THE WALL IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. • 6-501.11 REPAIR THE OPENING IN THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.

When was Morena's Kitchen last inspected?

Morena's Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2019.

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 March 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.