Maxwell Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2011
• address6339 N California Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Maxwell Grill clean?

Maxwell Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 23, 2011. 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 Maxwell Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER IN THE ELECTRICAL ROOM. (BOXES, CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR, MILK CRATE, GARBAGE BAGS ETC.)INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE, ELEVATE ALL ITEMS ABOVE HE FLOOR TO PREVENT RODENT/INSECTS HARBORAGE AND TO HAVE AN EASY ACCESS IN CLEANING THE FLOOR.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE GRILL AND THE EXPOSED HAND SINK DUE TO THE LOCATION. EXPOSED HAND SINK IS TOO CLOSE TO THE GRILL. MUST PROVIDE LID FOR THE GARBAGE CAN IN THE PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE GRILL AND THE EXPOSED HAND SINK DUE TO THE LOCATION. EXPOSED HAND SINK IS TOO CLOSE TO THE GRILL. MUST PROVIDE LID FOR THE GARBAGE CAN IN THE PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL THE HOOD(WITH ACCUMULATED DUST AND GREASE )AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL THE HOOD(WITH ACCUMULATED DUST AND GREASE )AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB ON THE HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SLOW DRAINING OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE REAR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Maxwell Grill last inspected?

Maxwell Grill has 7 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2010.

Maxwell Grill vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 March 23, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.