Macau Tasty House

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 3, 2022
• address2824-2826 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Macau Tasty House clean?

Macau Tasty House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 3, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Macau Tasty House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • ALL HANDSINKS IN NEED OF HANDWASHING SIGNS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WEARING SOILED APRONS. ALL EMPLOYEES MYST WEAR CLEAN APRONS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF FOOD AND FOOD EQUIPMENT.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WEARING SOILED APRONS. ALL EMPLOYEES MYST WEAR CLEAN APRONS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF FOOD AND FOOD EQUIPMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES WEARING SOILED APRONS. ALL EMPLOYEES MYST WEAR CLEAN APRONS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF FOOD AND FOOD EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED CUTTING UTENSIL BEING STORED BETWEEN REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN UTENSIL HOLDER.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED CUTTING UTENSIL BEING STORED BETWEEN REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A CLEAN UTENSIL HOLDER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD ON MAIN COOK LINE COVERED WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. CUTTING BOARD IN BASEMENT PREP AREA WITH DARK DEEP GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACES. • ALL RUSTY SHELVES AND FOOD ENCRUSTED TO SHELVES IN ALL WALK IN COOLERS AND WALK IN FREEZERS MUST BE CLEANED AND OR REPLACED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD ON MAIN COOK LINE COVERED WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. CUTTING BOARD IN BASEMENT PREP AREA WITH DARK DEEP GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Macau Tasty House last inspected?

Macau Tasty House has 13 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Macau Tasty House vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 November 3, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.