Mama's Grill & Deli Company

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2017
• address4248 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60653

Is Mama's Grill & Deli Company clean?

Mama's Grill & Deli Company is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 10, 2017. 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's Grill & Deli Company?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • REACH-IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE 45.9F INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR. COOLER IS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD STORED IN REACH-IN COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, TURKEY BREAST 53.5F, TURKEY HAM 54.9F, ROAST BEEF 50.9F, CHICKEN BREAST 48.9F, SOUR CREAM 51.9F, TZATZIKI SAUCE 48.7F, COOKED GROUND BEEF 46.3F. OBSERVED RAW EGGS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE 70.2F IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD.APPROXIMATELY 30LBS AND $150 OF FOOD. ALL COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN 40F OR BELOW DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, AND SERVICE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES AND UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM DUST, DIRT, CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES AND UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM DUST, DIRT, CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNDER SEASONINGS IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNDER SEASONINGS IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALL VENT ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALL VENT ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDER REAR EXPOSED SINK(SLOW DRAINING).
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was Mama's Grill & Deli Company last inspected?

Mama's Grill & Deli Company has 6 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2017.

Mama's Grill & Deli Company vs Oakland

Oakland runs 39% clean across 56 tracked restaurants — 22 clean, 5 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 56 spots Cooked tracks in Oakland, 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 October 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.