Cafe Matou

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2010
• address1846-1848 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Cafe Matou clean?

Cafe Matou is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 26, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Matou?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use. INSTRUCTED OWNER TO INVERT ALL CLEANED UTENSILS(PAN,POTS, PLATES AND BOWLS) ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT FACILITY.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use. INSTRUCTED OWNER TO INVERT ALL CLEANED UTENSILS(PAN,POTS, PLATES AND BOWLS) ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT FACILITY.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE CUTTING BOARD ON TOP OF PREP COOLER IN THE BAR. WITH STAINS AND DEEP CUTS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE CUTTING BOARD ON TOP OF PREP COOLER IN THE BAR. WITH STAINS AND DEEP CUTS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. INSTUCTED TO CLEAN PLASTIC PANEL INSIDE ICE MACHINE,CLEAN CABINET UNDER EXPOSE HAND WASH SINK IN CAPACCINO PREP AREA WITH DEBRIS.CLEAN ALSO TABLES IN BASEMENT BY WALK IN COOLER AREA WITH DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS WITH DEBRIS UNDER ICE BIN AND UNDER 3COMP.SINK IN THE BAR AND UNDER STAIR-WELLS IN BASEMENT.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS DRY AT ICE-MACHINE AND AT 2DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN BASEMENT AND MOP SINK AREA IN KITCHEN WITH STANDING WATER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS WITH DEBRIS UNDER ICE BIN AND UNDER 3COMP.SINK IN THE BAR AND UNDER STAIR-WELLS IN BASEMENT.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS DRY AT ICE-MACHINE AND AT 2DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN BASEMENT AND MOP SINK AREA IN KITCHEN WITH STANDING WATER.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND CAULK MOP SINK BASE LEAKING WATER ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN.

When was Cafe Matou last inspected?

Cafe Matou has 2 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2010.

Cafe Matou vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 August 26, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.