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Mama K's Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 21, 2021
- address1036 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660
Is Mama K's Cafe clean?
Mama K's Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 21, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Mama K's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON-PREMISES WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. (HANDLES TURKEY, CHICKEN, MILK, ETC.) PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-012. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED. (SUGAR, FLOUR, ETC.)MUST PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE HANDLING EXPOSED FOOD. MUST PROVIDE.Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE HANDLING EXPOSED FOOD. MUST PROVIDE.
When was Mama K's Cafe last inspected?
Mama K's Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| May 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2019 | Fail |
Mama K's Cafe vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 21, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.