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Tequila Cj Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2019
- address5728 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Tequila Cj Restaurant clean?
Tequila Cj Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2019. 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 Tequila Cj Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) FOOD EMPLOYEES and CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with LAW, to the PERSON IN CHARGE, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through FOOD, in accordance with the law. NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AND AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • 3-501.16 (A2 & B) TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD, COLD HOLDING. 2 CONTAINERS OF COOOKED PORK STEW AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN WALK IN COOLER (68.8F AND 52.2F). ALL PRODUCT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 20LBS $50 VALUE. INSTD TO MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 - CLEANING FREQUENCY AND RESTRICTIONS. WALLS THROUGH OUT PREP AREA, BEHIND HANDWASH SINK AND IN WALK IN COOLER NOT CLEAN, FOOD DEBRIS/SPLASHES. INSTD TO CLEAN WALLS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Tequila Cj Restaurant last inspected?
Tequila Cj Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| August 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 4, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2017 | Pass |
Tequila Cj Restaurant vs Garfield Ridge
Garfield Ridge runs 73% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 107 clean, 28 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.