M & M Foods

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 19, 2016
• address3625 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is M & M Foods clean?

M & M Foods is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 19, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at M & M Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • EXPOSED HAND SINK WITHOUT RUNNING HOT WATER, NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR HAND WASHING, AND NO ADDITIONAL HAND SINKS ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SINK AND PROVIDE HAND SINK IN BATHROOM, CRITICAL CITATION: 7-38-030
• ⚠️No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • LIVE CAT ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AT ONCE, INSTRUCTED THAT NO LIVE ANIMALS CAN BE ON SITE, AND NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON SITE, MUST PROVIDE, CRITICAL CITATION: 7-38-020critical
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • LIVE CAT ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AT ONCE, INSTRUCTED THAT NO LIVE ANIMALS CAN BE ON SITE, AND NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON SITE, MUST PROVIDE, CRITICAL CITATION: 7-38-020
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • NO PROTECTIVE BARRIER AT FRONT PREP SERVING AREA, FOOD NOT PROTECTED, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A BARRIER, SERIOUS CITATION: 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AT THIS TIME POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED, MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ENROLLMENT, OR A ACTUAL FOOD CERTIFICATE, SERIOUS CITATION: 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO WASHABLE, PROPERLY INSTALLED SPLASHGUARDS BETWEEN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, EXPOSED HAND SINK AND MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE SPLASHGUARDS BETWEEN SINKS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO WASHABLE, PROPERLY INSTALLED SPLASHGUARDS BETWEEN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, EXPOSED HAND SINK AND MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE SPLASHGUARDS BETWEEN SINKS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILE, AND FLOORS NOT CLEAN, UNDER AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILE, AND FLOORS NOT CLEAN, UNDER AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NOT CLEAN AND HOLES NEEDS REPAIRED AROUND PIPES, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NOT CLEAN AND HOLES NEEDS REPAIRED AROUND PIPES, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BETTER MAINTAIN,
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE FOOD PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO THREE SINK STOPPERS FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. NO ATTACHED METAL DRAINBOARD AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST INSTALL DRAINBOARD.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OUTSIDE YARD AREA AND INSIDE REAR STORAGE AREAS CLUTTER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CLUTTER CLEAN AND BETTER MAINTAIN,

When was M & M Foods last inspected?

M & M Foods has 1 inspection on record going back to May 19, 2016.

M & M Foods vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 May 19, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.