Zacatecas Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2019
• address5037-5039 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Zacatecas Restaurant clean?

Zacatecas Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Zacatecas Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 Observed a build up of dirt and grease on the walls and floors of rear prep area and the walls and floors in bar area. Instructed management to clean and maintain.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • 3-603.11 Observed food items that are served raw or under cooked without a consumer advisory disclosure and reminder statement on the menu. Instructed management to mark all items that are served raw or under cooked and link that to a disclosure and reminder statement on the menu. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005, no citation issued.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 Observed a large build up of grease and dirt on all cooking equipment in rear kitchen area. Instructed management to clean, sanitize, and maintain clean equipment.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 Observed no covered trash receptacle in the employee toilet room. Instructed to install and maintain a covered trash receptacle in the toilet room.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 Observed no covered trash receptacle in the employee toilet room. Instructed to install and maintain a covered trash receptacle in the toilet room.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) Observed no employee health policy on site. Instructed management to maintain copies of health policy signed by all employees on premises at all times. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010, no citation issued.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 Observed no kit for cleaning up vomit and diarrhea on site. Instructed management to maintain all necessary supplies including a sanitizer rated as effective against norovirus on premises. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005, no citation issued.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 Observed improper date marking of TCS foods. Instructed management that all refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food, prepared on site and held more than 24 hours must be labeled with the date of creation and the date of disposal. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005, no citation issued.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 Observed employees with City of Chicago Sanitation Certificates that did not have allergen training. Instructed management all employees with City of Chicago Sanitation Certificates must maintain records of allergen training on premises.

When was Zacatecas Restaurant last inspected?

Zacatecas Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Zacatecas Restaurant vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.