Don Maximo Restaurant

• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 22, 2020
• address2007 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Don Maximo Restaurant clean?

Don Maximo Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 22, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Don Maximo Restaurant?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Don Maximo Restaurant last inspected?

Don Maximo Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to April 22, 2020.

Don Maximo Restaurant vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 22, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.