Spanglish Mexican Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 9, 2020
• address555 S State St, Chicago 60605

Is Spanglish Mexican Kitchen clean?

Spanglish Mexican Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Spanglish Mexican Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2020, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED A PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AND SPILL ABSORBANT FOR VOMIT. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS NEEDED FOR HIS VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL THE BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN WITH THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT INSIDE OF THE CONTAINERS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE GASKETS AT THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLER IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS AT COOLER DOORS. OBSERVED THE TOP COVER TO THE ICE MACHINE IN THE KITCHEN IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE TOP TO ICE MACHINE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED IN KITCHEN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND IN STORAGE CLOSET INSIDE OF KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE DUST, CLEAN CEILING TILE IN KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE DUST AND TO CLEAN THE VENTILATIN FAN ON THE WASHROOM CEILING TO REMOVE DUST.

When was Spanglish Mexican Kitchen last inspected?

Spanglish Mexican Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2019.

Spanglish Mexican Kitchen vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 9, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.