Paleteria La Unika

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2015
• address4344 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629

Is Paleteria La Unika clean?

Paleteria La Unika is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Paleteria La Unika?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE PREP TABLES, CUTTING BOARDS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ALSO CLEAN ALL STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT IN PREP AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT IN PREP AREAS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK STOPPERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED A SMALL PROPANE TANK IN THE PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM BUILDING.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES, GIVEN COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES, GIVEN COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Paleteria La Unika last inspected?

Paleteria La Unika has 5 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2014.

Paleteria La Unika vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 February 27, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.