Supermercado Rivera Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2013
• address4334 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Supermercado Rivera Inc. clean?

Supermercado Rivera Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2013. 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 Supermercado Rivera Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED TWELVE (12LB) PACKAGES OF DELI HAM AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 50.2F-54.1F AND FIFTEEN (5LB) PACKAGES OF DELI CHEESE AT 50.4-51.9F LOCATED IN REAR OF DELI COOLER. MGR IMMEDIATELY DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAME. APPROX 219LBS $300 VALUE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL. INSTD TO REFRAIN OVERCROWDING DELI CASE TO ALLOW ADEQUATE AIR FLOW
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARDS STAINED WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAME. REMOVE RUSTY SURFACES FROM BOTTOM SHELVES OF PREP TABLES. SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES IN REAR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARDS STAINED WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAME. REMOVE RUSTY SURFACES FROM BOTTOM SHELVES OF PREP TABLES. SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES IN REAR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ALL DELI AND MEAT CASE INTERIORS, DOORS, RUBBER GASKETS NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS WITH WORN SURFACES IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPAIR/PAINT SAME.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS WITH WORN SURFACES IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPAIR/PAINT SAME.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • PROVIDE LIGHTSHIELDS AND ENDCAPS IN REAR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING. PROVIDE SAME.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING. PROVIDE SAME.

When was Supermercado Rivera Inc. last inspected?

Supermercado Rivera Inc. has 5 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2010.

Supermercado Rivera Inc. vs Archer Heights

Archer Heights runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 56 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 15, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.