Carnitas Don Rafa

4597 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632

Passed · May 8, 2025 Directions
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Good BiteKarma score 81 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 7 of 9 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected May 8, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 8 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed May 8

    Canvass

    6 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried, and handled
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Aug 2

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  5. Failed Jul 26

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Aug 4

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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