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A Midwest Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 14, 2021
- address5740 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60646
- cuisineBakery
Is A Midwest Kitchen clean?
A Midwest Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 14, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at A Midwest Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 14, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT FOOD PROCESSING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CHIPPING PAINT ON CEILING IN PREP AREA ABOVE SHELVING WHERE PACKAGED COOKIES ARE STORED. MUST PROPERLY SEAL AND REPAIR.
When was A Midwest Kitchen last inspected?
A Midwest Kitchen has 13 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| July 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2016 | — | |
| September 29, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2012 | Pass |
A Midwest Kitchen vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 July 14, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.