Edgewater Mexican Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMay 29, 2024 →
• address1055 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Edgewater Mexican Cafe clean?

Edgewater Mexican Cafe is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on April 2, 2025, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on May 29, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Edgewater Mexican Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
• ⚠️Proper Reheating Procedures For Hot Holding
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored

When was Edgewater Mexican Cafe last inspected?

Edgewater Mexican Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2018.

Edgewater Mexican Cafe vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 78% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 101 mid, 8 cooked.

Other spots in Edgewater

• ✓ Edgewater Mexican Cafe
  clean · August 16, 2018
• ✓ El Diamante Azul Restaurant
  cooked · September 23, 2022
• ✓! El Diamante Azul Restaurant
  mid · September 18, 2018
• ✓! Guy And The Goat
  cooked · August 16, 2018
• ✓! New Granville Food Mart
  cooked · September 14, 2018
• ✓ Blowfish Contemporary Sushi
  clean · October 15, 2019

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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