Paulina Certified

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 20, 2023
• address7622-7626 N Paulina Ave, Chicago 60626
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Paulina Certified clean?

Paulina Certified is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 20, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Paulina Certified?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2023, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN UNITS. MUST HAVE THERMOMETER INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION IN WALK IN FREEZER. DEFROST AND MAINTAIN WALK IN FREEZER.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION IN WALK IN FREEZER. DEFROST AND MAINTAIN WALK IN FREEZER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD USED AS DRY STORAGE SHELVES. MUST PAINT OR SEAL ALL RAW WOOD THROUGHOUT FACILTY. ALL SURFACES SHOULD BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION AND MAINTAINED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO SERVICE SINK ON SITE WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER. MUST INSTALL SERVICE SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND PROPER BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ALL FLOORS NEED TO BE CLEANED IN DETAIL UNDER ALL SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT STORE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS THOUGHOUT REAR OF FACILITY. RESTORE ALL FLOORS IN WALK IN REFRIGERATORS TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION AND MAINTAIN.

When was Paulina Certified last inspected?

Paulina Certified has 1 inspection on record going back to July 20, 2023.

Paulina Certified vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 20, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.