Mary Lee's Smokehouse

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2012
• address2 E Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is Mary Lee's Smokehouse clean?

Mary Lee's Smokehouse is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mary Lee's Smokehouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD.(HANDLES PORK RIBS,CHICKEN,ETC.) ALSO, NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • FOUND LIGHTS NOT SHIELDED ABOVE 3COMPARTMENT SINK.

When was Mary Lee's Smokehouse last inspected?

Mary Lee's Smokehouse has 4 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2011.

Mary Lee's Smokehouse vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 November 6, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.