Cafe Margo

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2022
• address2227 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612

Is Cafe Margo clean?

Cafe Margo is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2022. 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 Cafe Margo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO ORIGINAL OR VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (EGGS, MILK, CHILI) ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO ORIGINAL OR VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (EGGS, MILK, CHILI) ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED. CERTIFICATE BROUGHT TO FACILITY AT 10:10AM.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TCS FOOD (CHILI) IN FRONT SERVING AREA MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE OF 105.6F. ALL HOT HOLDING FOODS MUST MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 135F OR ABOVE AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD APPROXIMATELY 3 POUNDS OF FOOD PRODUCTS AT A COST OF $30. PRIORITY. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TCS FOOD (DELI MEAT) HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 46.0F IN PREP COOOLER. ALL COLD FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY. 7-38-005. CITATION COMBINED WITH ABOVE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARDS AT BOTH FRONT AND REAR HANDWASHING SINKS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WITH FOOD PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARDS AT BOTH FRONT AND REAR HANDWASHING SINKS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WITH FOOD PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT.

When was Cafe Margo last inspected?

Cafe Margo has 5 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2021.

Cafe Margo vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 February 4, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.