Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2024
• address4282 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632

Is Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales clean?

Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 16, 2024. 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 Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITIATION CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. (CERTIFICATE ON SITE IS EXPIRED AS OF 1/14/24). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE VALID PRIGINAL CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES BUSINESS IS OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF RUST ON SHELVING IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA ACROSS FROM 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE.

When was Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales last inspected?

Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales has 14 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Paleteria Cocktails Tropicales vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 September 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.