Poncitlan Restaurant No 2

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 14, 2012
• address4003 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Poncitlan Restaurant No 2 clean?

Poncitlan Restaurant No 2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 14, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Poncitlan Restaurant No 2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 14, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi and single use utensil not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi and single use utensil not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Front exposed hand sink install next to steam table. Instructed to install shield between sides of hand sink.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Front exposed hand sink install next to steam table. Instructed to install shield between sides of hand sink.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor not maintained around cooking equipment. Instructed to replace damaged floor tile.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor not maintained around cooking equipment. Instructed to replace damaged floor tile.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Rubber coving not installed along wallbase in areas of prep and storage area. Instructed to install rubber coving. Ceiling tile not maintained in prep area. Instructed to replace worn ceiling tile. Light covers and shield not cleaned in prep area. Instructed to detail clean covers and shields. Ventilation covers through out not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Rubber coving not installed along wallbase in areas of prep and storage area. Instructed to install rubber coving. Ceiling tile not maintained in prep area. Instructed to replace worn ceiling tile. Light covers and shield not cleaned in prep area. Instructed to detail clean covers and shields. Ventilation covers through out not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Sink stoppers not maintained at three compartment sink. Instructed to replace broken sink stoppers.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not visible inside coolers. Instructed to provided thermometer visible inside all coolers.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not visible inside coolers. Instructed to provided thermometer visible inside all coolers.

When was Poncitlan Restaurant No 2 last inspected?

Poncitlan Restaurant No 2 has 3 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2010.

Poncitlan Restaurant No 2 vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 14, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.