Tropicuba Restaurant Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2024
• address3000 W Lyndale St, Chicago 60647

Is Tropicuba Restaurant Inc. clean?

Tropicuba Restaurant Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tropicuba Restaurant Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS IN THE KITCHEN AREA 1-DOOR PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE FOR COLD-HOLDING: PORK AT 50.1F, HAM AT 46.2F, BEEF AT 48.6F, CHICKEN AT 47.5F INSIDE COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE AND DISCARD ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS FOUND OUT OF TEMPERATURE AND MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOOD AT 41.0F OR BELOW FOR COLD-HOLDING. APPROXIMATELY 30 LBS OF FOOD VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $100.00 DISCARDED ON-SITE. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DISCARDED ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE FOOD ITEMS AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 1-DOOR PREP COOLER IN THE KITCHEN AREA TO BE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE FOR COLD-HOLDING TCS FOOD ITEMS, INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46.2F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS FROM COOLER AND CEASE USE OF COOLER UNTIL REPAIRED OR REPLACED. TAGGED EQUIPMENT ON-SITE WITH TAG INSTRUCTING TO CONTACT CDPH WHEN EQUIPMENT IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND PRIOR TO USE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER PROVIDED IN FOOD PREP COOLERS THROUGHOUT FRONT KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE IN A CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY-VIEWABLE LOCATION IN ALL EQUIPMENT USED TO COLD-HOLD TCS FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD IN PLASTIC AND METAL FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINERS SUCH THAT FOOD IS STORED AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD IN PLASTIC AND METAL FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINERS SUCH THAT FOOD IS STORED AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BUTCHERS KNIFE WITH HANDLE CRACKED IN HALF AND IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR HANDLE OR DISCARD KNIFE AND REPLACE WITH UTENSIL THAT IS IN GOOD REPAIR AND EASILY-CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF POTATO CUTTER IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA SEVERELY SOILED AND RUSTED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND REPLACE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NO LONGER EASILY-CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Tropicuba Restaurant Inc. last inspected?

Tropicuba Restaurant Inc. has 9 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2021.

Tropicuba Restaurant Inc. vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 November 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.