Mary's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2013
• address215 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Mary's Cafe clean?

Mary's Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 23, 2013. 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 Mary's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES AND STORAGE SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS ESPECIALLY UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. CLEAN ANY DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE PREP AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS ESPECIALLY UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. CLEAN ANY DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE PREP AREAS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS. REPLACE THE MISSING WALL TILES IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS. REPLACE THE MISSING WALL TILES IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM.

When was Mary's Cafe last inspected?

Mary's Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010.

Mary's Cafe vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 July 23, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.