Paradise Empanadas Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 1, 2010
• address3204 N Broadway, Chicago 60657

Is Paradise Empanadas Cafe clean?

Paradise Empanadas Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 1, 2010. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Paradise Empanadas Cafe?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 1, 2010. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Paradise Empanadas Cafe last inspected?

Paradise Empanadas Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2010.

Paradise Empanadas Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 1, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.