Red Mango

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
• address151 E Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Red Mango clean?

Red Mango is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 6, 2025. 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 Red Mango?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. NOTE: CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 9:31AM AND LEFT RED MANGO DURING INSPECTION TO GO BACK TO WORK IN ANOTHER FACILITY IN PEDWAY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. NOTE: CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 9:31AM AND LEFT RED MANGO DURING INSPECTION TO GO BACK TO WORK IN ANOTHER FACILITY IN PEDWAY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINKS IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM AND IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BEIGE AND BLACK BUILDUP ON EXTERIOR ICE SHOOT IN ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO DESTROY ICE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON PREMISES TO ENSURE ATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FOOD TEMPERATURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED STICKY FLY TRAPS WITH DEAD INSECTS HANGING FROM TWO SHELVES NEAR ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND APRONS IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE STICKY FLY TRAPS FROM BOTH SHELVES IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF PREP AREA, FOOD AND APRONS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED STICKY FLY TRAPS WITH DEAD INSECTS HANGING FROM TWO SHELVES NEAR ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND APRONS IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE STICKY FLY TRAPS FROM BOTH SHELVES IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF PREP AREA, FOOD AND APRONS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVE BROWN BUILDUP BEHIND BLENDERS IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE COUNTERS BEHIND BLENDERS IN FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF SOIL RESIDUES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SLOW DRAINING WASH COMPARTMENT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK FOR PROPER DRAINAGE OF WASTE WATER. OBSERVED WATER LEAKING ONTO FLOOR FROM DRAINPIPE OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR DRAINPIPE OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED CEILING TILE ABOVE ICE MACHINE IN REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING TILE ABOVE ICE MACHINE IN REAR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 0BSERVED NON WORKING LIGHT IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE NON WORKING LIGHT IN WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 0BSERVED NON WORKING LIGHT IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE NON WORKING LIGHT IN WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.

When was Red Mango last inspected?

Red Mango has 18 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.