Maxwell Street Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 9, 2025
• address7901 S South Chicago Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Maxwell Street Grill clean?

Maxwell Street Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Maxwell Street Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • BACK DOOR NEEDS INSECT PROOFING TO STOP FLY ACTIVITY INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT DOOR AND MAINTAI
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ALL KNIVES WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN KNIFE HOLDER OR CONTAINER INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ALL KNIVES WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN KNIFE HOLDER OR CONTAINER INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NEW CUTTING BOARDS NEEDED WHEN DISCOLORED AND PITTED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES, INTERIORS OF REACH IN COOLERS AND PREP COUNTERS ALL IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • SPRAYER ONLY AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET NEEDED INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Maxwell Street Grill last inspected?

Maxwell Street Grill has 29 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Maxwell Street Grill vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

• ✓ Ingleside Foods Inc
  clean · February 21, 2014
• ? Walgreens # 07876
  cooked · December 11, 2015
• ✓ Three J's Bbq & Restaurant
  clean · March 21, 2011
• ✓ Steak Hoagie
  clean · February 6, 2012
• ? Connies Place
  cooked · November 20, 2013
• ? Billy Boy's Fish & Chips
  cooked · November 7, 2013

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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 June 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.