Sombrero

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2014
• address3405-3409 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is Sombrero clean?

Sombrero is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 26, 2014. 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 Sombrero?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND WATER ON THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE COLD HOLING COOLER FROM CONDENSATION LINE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR REFRIGERATOR UNIT TO PREVENT CONDENSATION FROM SETTLING INSIDE THE COOLER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND WATER ON THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE COLD HOLING COOLER FROM CONDENSATION LINE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR REFRIGERATOR UNIT TO PREVENT CONDENSATION FROM SETTLING INSIDE THE COOLER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN SODA NOZZLES AT BOTH BARS AND CLEAN REGULARLY.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES ON THE UPSTAIRS DANCE FLOOR TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLENABLE SURFACE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES ON THE UPSTAIRS DANCE FLOOR TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLENABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE DOWNSTAIRS MEN'S BATHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE DOWNSTAIRS MEN'S BATHROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND A LEAKY FAUCET HEAD ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE GASKET AND MAINTAIN SINK COMPONENTS.

When was Sombrero last inspected?

Sombrero has 6 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2010.

Sombrero vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 August 26, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.