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Uncle Julio's Hacienda
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 8, 2023
- address855 W North Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Uncle Julio's Hacienda clean?
Uncle Julio's Hacienda is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 8, 2023. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Uncle Julio's Hacienda?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 8, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PAINT/SEAL SHELVING AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON LOWER SIDE OF DISHMACHINE DRAIN BOARDS, EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE, ON SHELVES THROUGHOUT BAR, PREP AND DISHWASH AREA. MUST CLEAN ALL EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED DEBRIS AROUND DUMPSTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAINGarbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED DEBRIS AROUND DUMPSTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP/FOOD SPILLS ON FLOOR AT PREP AREA, DISHWASH AREA AND BAR AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG ALL WALLS AND CORNERS AND MAINTAIN ALSO MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT.
When was Uncle Julio's Hacienda last inspected?
Uncle Julio's Hacienda has 26 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| November 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 17, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2020 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2017 | Pass |
Uncle Julio's Hacienda vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 8, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.