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LA GARITA DE SAN LUIS

3612 W ROOSEVELT RD, CHICAGO, IL 60624 · Restaurant (Wholesale)

Inspection summary

LA GARITA DE SAN LUIS has been inspected 3 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since August 6, 2012. The most recent inspection, on August 13, 2012, found no infractions.

1 of 3 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests, Food temperature control and Protecting food from contamination.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 5 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 10, 2012. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT INFESTATION, NO BIRDS, TURTLES OR OTHER ANIMALS

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded 3 times on August 6, 2012. For example: FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded once on August 6, 2012. For example: SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION CONTROLLED I.E. CUTTING BOARDS, FOOD HANDLERS, UTENSILS, ETC

  • Equipment and utensilsLower risk

    Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.

    Recorded 6 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 10, 2012. For example: WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 5 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 10, 2012. For example: FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

3 inspections

  1. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    7 infractions

    • 13. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT INFESTATION, NO BIRDS, TURTLES OR OTHER ANIMALS
      • Continued to observe rodent (rat) droppings in various dry storage rooms beneath the wooden pallets,live fruit fly activity in onion storage areas on walls,pallets and inside the cluttered rear tool room.Detail clean,sanitize all affected areas,pest control service reccomended.
    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • Continued non-compliance front and rear overhead doors observed daylight approx: 1/4 mode of entry at left corners must ensure that all said doors are tight fitting to prevent pest entry.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • Floors in various rooms,tool rooms require further detail cleaning and observed wet floor areas in some rooms must maintain floor dry.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • Must seal all noticeable openings around plumbing/electrical fixtures on walls in various dry storage rooms and fan covers and attached equipments throughout the walk-in-units requires a detail cleaning.Must repair a water leak at ceiling areas in the spice room and walls and ceilings in the walk-in-cooling units need cleaning.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • Light bulbs inside the walk-in-cooling units were noted must be shielded.Missing light in walk in cooler, freezer unit and dry storage area.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • Must repair water leaks beneath the 3 comp sink and provide a backflow prevention device to the mop sink.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • Detail clean,organize the cleaning equipment room, tool room and remove unnecessary articles and remaining articles must be properly stored 6" off floor/wall for easier cleaning.
  3. Canvass

    13 infractions

    • 2. FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE
      • WALK-IN FREEZER UNIT ON SITE HOLDING AT 29F. SOME MEATS AND FISH HAD ICE CRYSTALS ON THEM FROM PARTIALLY THAWING AND REFREEZING. UNIT WAS OUT OF TEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD FOUND BY THE FDA INSPECTORS. UNIT WAS EMBARGOED AT THIS TIME BY THE IDPH INSPECTOR ON SITE. UNIT HAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR WITH THE COMPRESSORS LEAKING ONTO PRODUCTS. UNITS MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 0F OR BELOW.
    • 3. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE
      • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING INSIDE OF WALK-IN FREEZER DESCRIBED IN VIOLATION #2: MEATS, FISH, SEAFOOD ETC. ESTIMATE OF 15,000 LBS OF PRODUCT UNDER EMBARGO BY THE IDPH AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MEATS, FISH AND SEAFOOD MUST BE AT 0F AND BELOW IN WALK-IN FREEZER.
    • 4. SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION CONTROLLED I.E. CUTTING BOARDS, FOOD HANDLERS, UTENSILS, ETC
      • WATER FROM COMPRESSORS OF WALK-IN COOLERS LEAKING ONTO PRODUCE IN WALK-IN UNITS (TOMATOES, LEMONS, AND PEPPERS); MUST REPAIR COMPRESSORS. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE FOODS FOUND UNDER THE DRIPPING CONDENSOR UNITS. TWENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE LB BOXES OF TOMATOES @ $13.00 EACH, FIVE TWENTY LB BOXES OF GREEN PEPPERS @ $16.00 EACH, SEVEN FORTY LB BOXES OF LEMONS @ $22.00 EACH. TOTAL LBS 1005, VALUE $559.
    • 13. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT INFESTATION, NO BIRDS, TURTLES OR OTHER ANIMALS
      • OBSERVED OVER 100 RODENT (RAT) DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT PREMISES ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS, BEHIND AND UNDER PALLETS IN DRY STORAGE AREA WHERE SPICES STORED, SODA, UNDER THREE COMP SINK, ON OUTSIDE DOCK ETC. ALSO NUMEROUS LIVE FLIES THROUGHOUT, LIVE FRUIT FLIES OBSERVED INSIDE OF BAGS OF ONIONS IN STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL COMPANY FOR SERVICE.
    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • FRONT AND REAR OVERHEAD DOORS ARE NOT RODENT PROOFED AS REQUIRED TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. HOLES NOTED IN LARGE OVERHEAD DOORS IN REAR AT BOTTOM AND MIDDLE OF DOORS. OVERHEAD DOOR AT DOCK HAS TWO LARGE HOLES IN CORNER AREAS OF DOOR AND RUBBER STRIP AT BOTTOM OF DOOR IS WORN. MUST RODENT PROOF ALL DOORS.
    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • DISPOSAL AREA OUTSIDE NOT MAINTAINED. DUMPSTERS WERE OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH AND SOME PRODUCE ITEMS SUCH AS BELL PEPPERS AND TOMATOES WERE ON THE GROUND BY THE DUMPSTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA AND SCHEDULE MORE FREQUENT PICK UPS.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOORS THROUGHOUT NEED DETAIL CLEANING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SEAL HOLES IN FLOORS WHERE NEEDED. ALL ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR AND ITEMS INSIDE OF WALK-IN UNITS. REMOVE ACCESS WATER ON FLOOR OF WALK-IN UNITS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • VARIOUS AREAS OF WALLS AND CEILINGS IN POOR REPAIR. OBSERVED NUMEROUS HOLES IN WALLS OF STORAGE ROOMS WHERE SODA AND DRY STORAGE LOCATED, MISSING WALL TILES ON WALL IN REAR WHERE LARGE OVERHEAD DOOR LOCATED, MOLD AND DIRT ON FAN GUARD COVERS IN WALK-IN UNITS, ALSO OBSERVED LOOSE AND POOR REPAIR (OPEN SEAMS, HOLES) IN WALLS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE PRODUCE AND MEATS STORED. MUST REMOVE MOLD OBSERVED ON CEILINGS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE PRODUCE STORED.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS FOR ALL LIGHTS IN WALK-IN COOLERS AND STORAGE AREAS WITH PRODUCE. CLEAN BULBS WHERE NEEDED.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF-CLOSING; MUST PROVIDE A SELF-CLOSING DEVICE.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • MUST REPAIR LEAKING FROM PIPES UNDER THREE COMP SINK. COMPRESSORS OF COOLERS LEAKING WATER ONTO FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN WALK-IN UNITS; MUST REPAIR. MUST PROVIDE A VENTILATION FAN IN WASHROOM TO ABSORB ODORS. NO MOP SINK ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST INSTALL A UTILITY SINK FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND A BACKFLOW DEVICE.
    • 40. REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS
      • PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZER.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN STORAGE AREAS. REMOVE UNNECESSARY CLUTTER.

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