Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2019 →
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn clean?

Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 21, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn last inspected?

Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn has 2 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2018.

Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 79% clean across 172 tracked restaurants — 134 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 172 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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