Manic Meatball

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 10, 2018
• address2039 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618

Is Manic Meatball clean?

Manic Meatball is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 10, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Manic Meatball?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.13(A)-SEAL THE GAP/OPENING AROUND THE PIPE IN THE REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD TO HAVE A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD TO HAVE A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(A)- NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012(A) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11- NO PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING WHEN AN EMPLOYEE OR A PATRON EXPERIENCES VOMITING AND/OR DIARRHEA. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 5-202.12- NO HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP/SERVING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AND PROVIDE PAPER TOWEL AND HAND SOAP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202-15-FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND MIDDLE BETWEEN THE 2 GLASS DOOR WITH 1/4 OF AN INCH GAP. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT/INSECTS PROOFED THE DOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.17(A)-RAW WOOD ON THE FRONT SERVING/PREP AREA MUST BE SEALED OR PAINTED.

When was Manic Meatball last inspected?

Manic Meatball has 7 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2018.

Manic Meatball vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 September 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.