Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2018
• address5246 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2 clean?

Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2018, 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: NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11: NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY AND KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 5-203.11: MUST INSTALL HANDWASH SINK IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17(C): MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION OF REFRIDGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS (EX YOGURT DRINKS, TAMALES, HOTDOGS, DELI MEAT). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12: MUST PROVIDE LABELS FOR ALL FOODS NOT STORED IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12(F): OBSERVED FOOD AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12(F): OBSERVED FOOD AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER LINES IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-102.11(A)(2): OBSERVED BREAD BEING STORED IN PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS/CONTAINERS FOR ALL FOOD STORAGE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12: MUST BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE LOCATION OF BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK AND THE ICE CREAM MACHINE WATER LINE FOR VISIBLE INSPECTION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11: OBSERVED HOLE IN THE WALL BY THE BASE IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA NEXT TO THE COOLER. MUST REPAIR, AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED CRACKED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT FACILITY. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT FACILITY. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • 6-201.17: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE TOILET ROOM EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN COVER. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2 last inspected?

Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2 has 9 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2012.

Paleteria Lindo Michoacan #2 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 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 24, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.