Martha's Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 15, 2017
• address4457 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Martha's Grill clean?

Martha's Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 15, 2017. 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 Martha's Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, LOCATED IN FRONT HOT HOLDING UNIT: 126.8F, COOKED RICE 3LBS, AT VALUE $16, MANAGER STATED TOTAL WEIGHT OF 3LBS LBS AT APPROXIMATELY VALUE OF $16 MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED/DENATURED SAID FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL COLD FOOD AT 40 F OR BELOW AND HOT FOOD AT 140 OR ABOVE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNIT, UNDERNEATH FRONT HOT STATION BETWEEN 2 DOOR COOLER AND 3 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNIT, UNDERNEATH FRONT HOT STATION BETWEEN 2 DOOR COOLER AND 3 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILE DIRECTLY ABOVE ENTRANCE TO EMPLOYEE RESTROOM, ADJACENT TO DISH WASHING AREA. ENCOURAGE MANAGER TO FIND SOURCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED DOOR SWEEP, ON REAR EXIT DOOR, SLIGHTLY BENT. DOOR IS RODENT-PROOF. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR DOOR SWEEP. MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILE DIRECTLY ABOVE ENTRANCE TO EMPLOYEE RESTROOM, ADJACENT TO DISH WASHING AREA. ENCOURAGE MANAGER TO FIND SOURCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED DOOR SWEEP, ON REAR EXIT DOOR, SLIGHTLY BENT. DOOR IS RODENT-PROOF. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR DOOR SWEEP. MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.

When was Martha's Grill last inspected?

Martha's Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2016.

Martha's Grill vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 December 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.