Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2024
• address3219 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe clean?

Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2024. 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 Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (TUNA, ROAST BEEF, SLICED TOMATOS, ETC.) ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe last inspected?

Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023.

Sotomarino Sandwich And Cafe vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 36% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 290 clean, 73 mid, 440 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 December 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.