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Madison Street Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2015
- address70 W Madison St, Chicago 60602
Is Madison Street Cafe clean?
Madison Street Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Madison Street Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE KITCHEN ICE MACHINE WITH BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE FRONT SERVING COUNTER WITH RAW CONCRETE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE FRONT SERVING COUNTER WITH RAW CONCRETE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE HOOD WITH ACCUMULATED DUST IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL HOODS.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE HOOD WITH ACCUMULATED DUST IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL HOODS.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED EXCESS CLUTTER IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO BETTER ORGANIZE ALL ITEMS.
When was Madison Street Cafe last inspected?
Madison Street Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| October 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2013 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 18, 2010 | Pass |
Madison Street Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 October 23, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.