Paleteria La Ceiba

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 8, 2017
• address4253 1/2 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Paleteria La Ceiba clean?

Paleteria La Ceiba is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 8, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Paleteria La Ceiba?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT FRONT HAND SINK NEXT TO PREP TABLE,SHELVING UNITS FOR STORAGE.MUST REMOVE LARGE PANS AND BUCKETS THAT CAN'T BE SUBMERGED INTO 3- COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT FRONT HAND SINK NEXT TO PREP TABLE,SHELVING UNITS FOR STORAGE.MUST REMOVE LARGE PANS AND BUCKETS THAT CAN'T BE SUBMERGED INTO 3- COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE CEILING ABOVE HOT WATER TANK, HOLE IN TOILET ROOM DOOR,MISSING WALL BASE IN REAR PREP AREA.MUST ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR DOOR.MUST FINISH PAINTING HALF WALL IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE CEILING ABOVE HOT WATER TANK, HOLE IN TOILET ROOM DOOR,MISSING WALL BASE IN REAR PREP AREA.MUST ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR DOOR.MUST FINISH PAINTING HALF WALL IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAK AT FRONT PREP AREA HAND SINK.MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR 3- COMP SINK.

When was Paleteria La Ceiba last inspected?

Paleteria La Ceiba has 2 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2017.

Paleteria La Ceiba vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 8, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.