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Patron Mexican Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2018
- address5300 W Madison St, Chicago 60644
Is Patron Mexican Grill clean?
Patron Mexican Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2018. 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 Patron Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY WAS PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012A. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON PREMISES FOR CLEAN-UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON CLEAN-UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS AND TO HAVE CLEAN-UP SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE LEDGE UNDER THE STEAM TABLE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN A CONTAINER OF SANITIZER SOLUTION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • DETAIL CLEAN THE STOVE, PREP COOLERS, MICROWAVE, STEAM TABLE, PREP TABLES.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE FLOOR AND WALLS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was Patron Mexican Grill last inspected?
Patron Mexican Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to April 12, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| July 16, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 9, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 12, 2018 | Pass |
Patron Mexican Grill vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 July 16, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.