Perez Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 11, 2016
• address1163 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Perez Restaurant clean?

Perez Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 11, 2016. 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 Perez Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 11, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • OBSERVED NO SOAP AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINKS LOCATED IN THE BAR AND FOOD PREP AREA. EMPLOYEE TOOK SOAP OUT OF THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM TO PUT AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN NO SOAP IN THE WOMEN'S WASH ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SOAP AT ALL EXPOSED HAND SINKS AND WASHBOWLS AT ALL TIMES BUSINESS IS OPEN AND OPERATORING. MANAGER MADE SOAP AVAILABLE AT SAID SINKS DURING INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYER NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE DEBRIS. OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE GASKETS OF THE PREP COOLER LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST ON THE VENT FANS LOCATED IN THE REAR WOMEN'S AND MEN'S WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST ON THE VENT FANS LOCATED IN THE REAR WOMEN'S AND MEN'S WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP NOT PROPERLY STORED INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH THE HANDLE TOUCHING THE ICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE SCOOP AT ALL TIMES AND MAINTAIN.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP NOT PROPERLY STORED INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH THE HANDLE TOUCHING THE ICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE SCOOP AT ALL TIMES AND MAINTAIN.

When was Perez Restaurant last inspected?

Perez Restaurant has 12 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2011.

Perez Restaurant vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 April 11, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.