Restaurante El Comalito

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 22, 2019
• address2234 N Western Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Restaurante El Comalito clean?

Restaurante El Comalito is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 22, 2019. 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 Restaurante El Comalito?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2019, 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 SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED SOME MISSING DATE MRKINGS ON TCS READY TO EAT FOODS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS INSIDE OF COOLERS.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER OF THE RISK OF CONSUMING RAW AND UNDERCOOKED FOODS ON MENUS.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER FOR SMALL REFRIGERATOR IN PREP AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS INSIDE OF SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN DOOR GASKETS ON REAR 2- DOOR REACH IN COOLER. • MUST ELIMINATE GROCERY BAGS USED FOR FOOD STORAGE AND PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM COOLERS AND TABLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN DINING AREA. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND AND ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM HOOD AND FILTERS. • MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM HOOD AND FILTERS. • MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD MANAGERS .MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Restaurante El Comalito last inspected?

Restaurante El Comalito has 10 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2013.

Restaurante El Comalito vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, 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 May 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.