Main Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 13, 2011
• address8535 W Higgins Rd, Chicago 60631

Is Main Kitchen clean?

Main Kitchen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 13, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Main Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • No Certified Food Manager on premises when potentially hazardous foods is being served and prepared-Meat Sauce at 142.1 F on serving line. Instructed Director that a Certified Food Manager must be on premises during all hours of operation. Serious citation issued 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Bulk storage containers not labeled. Instructed to label exterior of all containers.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Bulk storage containers not labeled. Instructed to label exterior of all containers.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi use utensils not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi use utensils not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Can opener attached to prep table, interior panel of ice machine and cutting baords not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor drains in prep area not covered. Instructed to cover all floor drains.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor drains in prep area not covered. Instructed to cover all floor drains.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Light covers through-out prep area not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean. Coving tile along wallbase in areas has broken or missing tile. Instructed to replace and seal all holes.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Light covers through-out prep area not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean. Coving tile along wallbase in areas has broken or missing tile. Instructed to replace and seal all holes.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Drainline under 3 compartment sink leaking. Instructed to repair to prevent leak. Exposed handsink in employees cafeteria installed next to prep counter. Instructed to install shield between sink and prep counter.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Food handler, several employees and staff walk through-out kitchen not wearing hair restraint. Instructed that all staff and food handlers must wear proper hair restraint at all times in prep areas.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Food handler, several employees and staff walk through-out kitchen not wearing hair restraint. Instructed that all staff and food handlers must wear proper hair restraint at all times in prep areas.

When was Main Kitchen last inspected?

Main Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2010.

Main Kitchen vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 December 13, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.