Tiendita Alex

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2016
• address3158 S Harding Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Tiendita Alex clean?

Tiendita Alex is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 5, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tiendita Alex?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF COOLER, AND STORAGE SHELVES NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED BROKEN/MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE NORTH WALL OF COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED BROKEN/MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE NORTH WALL OF COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.

When was Tiendita Alex last inspected?

Tiendita Alex has 5 inspections on record going back to May 23, 2013.

Tiendita Alex vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 5, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.