Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 17, 2025
• address1131-1141 S Jefferson St, Chicago 60607

Is Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen clean?

Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE SANITIZER WAS DETECTED AT THE FINAL RINSE OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE CONVEYOR DISHWASHING MACHINE. THE MACHINE WAS BEING USED WITH UTENSILS RUNNING THROUGH IT DURING THE INSPECTION. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN THE DISHWASHING MACHINE WITH A FINAL RINSE OF 100 PPM CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS LOCATED IN THE STEAM TABLE AND HOT HOLDING UNIT IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. OBSERVED BEEF AT 131F, CHICKEN AT 118F, TURKEY BREAST AT 120F, COOKED NOODLES AT 125F, AND COOKED RICE AT 130F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL HOT TCS FOODS ABOVE 135F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE SALAD PREP COOLER, AND 2-DOOR PREP COOLER AT THE BREAKFAST STATION. OBSERVED EGGS AT 48-60F, AND CHOPPED LIVER AT 59F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #21 ABOVE FOR CITATION.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED IMPROPER DATE MARKING OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED COOKED PASTA AND MEAT SAUCE BOTH STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH A SHELF LIFE OF 11 DAYS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY DATE MARK ALL TCS FOODS WITH A MAXIMUM USE-BY DATE OF 7 DAYS, WITH THE PREP DATE COUNTING AS DAY #1. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen last inspected?

Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen has 19 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓ Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen
  clean · May 13, 2016
• ✓ Mad Boiler
  clean · October 24, 2017
• ✓ Mad Boiler
  clean · May 31, 2016
• ✓! Federales
  mid · May 20, 2026
• ✓ Federales
  clean · May 19, 2016
• ✓ Ruin Daily
  clean · May 22, 2023

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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 November 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.