Due Mondi Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2021
• address2723 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Due Mondi Cafe clean?

Due Mondi Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2021. 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 Due Mondi Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HOLDING A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN A CERTIFIED MANAGER AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LEFT TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN ICE CHEST. INSTRUCTED TO STORE OUTSIDE OF ICE CHEST.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN ICE CHEST. INSTRUCTED TO STORE OUTSIDE OF ICE CHEST.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTER ON ESPRESSO MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED UNSHIELDED LIGHTBULBS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO COVER AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED UNSHIELDED LIGHTBULBS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO COVER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ONE EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED ONE EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Compliance With Clean Indoor Air Ordinance • OBSERVED ONE ASHTRAY IN REAR ROOM CONTAINING VIDEO GAMBLING EQUIPMENT. FACILITY SMELLED OF CIGARETTE SMOKED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FACILITY FREE OF INDOOR SMOKING. VIOLATION 7-32-020(C). CITATION ISSUED. MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE.
  Compliance With Clean Indoor Air Ordinance • OBSERVED ONE ASHTRAY IN REAR ROOM CONTAINING VIDEO GAMBLING EQUIPMENT. FACILITY SMELLED OF CIGARETTE SMOKED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN FACILITY FREE OF INDOOR SMOKING. VIOLATION 7-32-020(C). CITATION ISSUED. MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE.

When was Due Mondi Cafe last inspected?

Due Mondi Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2014.

Due Mondi Cafe vs Montclare

Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 15, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.