Mawa Paradise

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2017
• address6406-6408 N Oakley Ave, Chicago 60645

Is Mawa Paradise clean?

Mawa Paradise is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Mawa Paradise?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 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 • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: COOKED MASHED POTATOES FOR SAMOSA AT TEMP OF 46.2F; MASHED POTATOES WITH VEGETABLE AT TEMP OF 87.3F; AND COOKED LENTILS AND RICE AT TEMP OF 67.9F.PRODUCTS WERE STORED INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER. COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. POUNDS 15,VALUE 35. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • EVIDENCE OF MICE DROPPINGS IN PREP AREA, 40 OR MORE: ON SHELVES, UNDER PREP TABLE,BEHIND COOLERS, BY THE FRONT WINDOWS.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE MENTIONED ITEMS IN PREP AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-020
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND FOOD STORED INSIDE THE GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS OR FOOD CONTAINERS WITH LIDS. BROKEN LID LINER FOR PREP COOLER MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND FOOD STORED INSIDE THE GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE BAGS OR FOOD CONTAINERS WITH LIDS. BROKEN LID LINER FOR PREP COOLER MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • REMOVE EXCESS WATER INSIDE THE PREP COOLER AT WEST SIDE OF THE KITCHEN. DEBRIS ON TOP THE SHELVES IN PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GRIMES ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AND REAR AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GRIMES ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AND REAR AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • BROKEN AND MISSING STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO STEAM THERMOMETER PROVIDED ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO STEAM THERMOMETER PROVIDED ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED DIRTY LINENS BY THE CUTTING BOARDS ON TOP THE PREP TABLES.WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN AN APPROVED SANITIZER AND KEPT BY THE WORKING STATION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED DIRTY LINENS BY THE CUTTING BOARDS ON TOP THE PREP TABLES.WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN AN APPROVED SANITIZER AND KEPT BY THE WORKING STATION.

When was Mawa Paradise last inspected?

Mawa Paradise has 10 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2015.

Mawa Paradise vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 January 5, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.