Qdoba Mexican Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 11, 2013
• address2191 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Qdoba Mexican Grill clean?

Qdoba Mexican Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 11, 2013. 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 Qdoba Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 11, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM 2-17-12 INSPECTION #670612 NOT CORRECTED. #21- NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT DURING INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS BEEF @ 187.7F IS PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGER ON SITE CONTACTED ANOTHER LOCATION TO HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ARRIVE DURING THIS INSPECTION. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM 2-17-12 INSPECTION #670612 NOT CORRECTED. #21- NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT DURING INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS BEEF @ 187.7F IS PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGER ON SITE CONTACTED ANOTHER LOCATION TO HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ARRIVE DURING THIS INSPECTION. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • SUMMARY REPORT FROM 2-17-12 INSPECTION #670612 NOT POSTED ON PREMISES VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-010(B). GIVEN TODAYS SUMMARY AND POSTED AT THIS TIME.
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • SUMMARY REPORT FROM 2-17-12 INSPECTION #670612 NOT POSTED ON PREMISES VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-010(B). GIVEN TODAYS SUMMARY AND POSTED AT THIS TIME.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN REAR TALL REACH-IN COOLER (AT STAIRWELL). MUST REPLACE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN REAR TALL REACH-IN COOLER (AT STAIRWELL). MUST REPLACE.

When was Qdoba Mexican Grill last inspected?

Qdoba Mexican Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2011.

Qdoba Mexican Grill vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 January 11, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.