Yuca Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 24, 2011
• address2257 W North Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Yuca Cafe clean?

Yuca Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 24, 2011. 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 Yuca Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served.NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WAS PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (RICE, SANDWICHES) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. ALSO, NO CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE WAS POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WITH THEIR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED OR SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.MUST PROPERLY STORE,INVERT CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN KITCHEN TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.MUST PROPERLY STORE,INVERT CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS IN KITCHEN TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.DETAIL CLEAN SIDES OF HOT COOKING EQUIPMENTS,BOTTOMS OF FOOD PREP TABLES,EXPOSED HANDSINK AT FRONT FOOD PREP.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.MUST PROPERLY CONNECT DRAIN LINE FROM EXPRESSO MACHINE SUCH THAT IT DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO A FLOOR DRAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors.UNNECESSARY ARTICLES MUST BE REMOVED FROM BASEMENT AREAS.

When was Yuca Cafe last inspected?

Yuca Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2010.

Yuca Cafe vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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  cooked · February 1, 2011
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  cooked · July 8, 2011
• ✓ Sweet Ride
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• ✓! Trattoria Ultimo
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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 24, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.