Little Munchkins Produce

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2025
• address2022 W 51St St, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Little Munchkins Produce clean?

Little Munchkins Produce is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Little Munchkins Produce?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • UNABLE TO LOCATE THERMOMETER INSIDE COOLER CONTAINING HOTDOGS AND FRESH CHEESES. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED MEAT DISPLAY COOLER WITH ECESSIVE DRIED DOOD DEBRIS INSIDE CREVICES OF SLIDING DOORS OF COOLING UNITS LOCATED THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREA AS WELL AS SHELVES OF MEAT PREP TABLES WHERE SEASONING IS STORED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITZE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS STACKED SURROUNDING RECEPTACLE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS STACKED SURROUNDING RECEPTACLE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING TILES ABOVE MEAT PREP AND GROCERY AISLE WITH DAMAGED AND WATER STAINED ATTACHEMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND INCREASE LIGHTING IN SAID AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND INCREASE LIGHTING IN SAID AREA.

When was Little Munchkins Produce last inspected?

Little Munchkins Produce has 19 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Little Munchkins Produce vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

Other spots in New City

• ✓ Vista Hermosa Restaurant
  clean · May 11, 2017
• ✓ Delta Food
  clean · February 20, 2013
• ✓ 53Rd Food Mart, Inc
  clean · September 15, 2017
• ✓ Peerless Bread & Jam, Inc
  clean · August 5, 2014
• ✓ Imla's Ii
  clean · July 18, 2014
• ✓ Urban Family Food And Merch
  clean · March 11, 2015

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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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.