Tropicuba

5606 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634

Passed re-check · Jun 3, 2025 Directions
72
Fair BiteKarma score 72 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 5 of 7 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Jun 3, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 19, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used, cited 4 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jun 3

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
  3. Failed May 19

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
  4. 2024
  5. Perfect Aug 29

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Aug 22

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Hands clean and properly washed

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