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May Street Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 29, 2016
- address1146 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
Is May Street Cafe clean?
May Street Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 29, 2016. 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 May Street Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalSanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE NOT AT THE PROPER CONCENTRATION. DISH MACHINE WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN, AND TO SET UP 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE UNTIL UNIT IS REINSPECTED NY CDPH. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. NO CITATION ISSUED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL AND MAINTAIN.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BULK DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN THE WALK IN COOLER WITH STANDING WATER. OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS IN THE WALK IN COOLER WITH STANDING WATER. OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED LOOSE COVING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WALL BY THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED LOOSE COVING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WALL BY THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
When was May Street Cafe last inspected?
May Street Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 16, 2017 | — | |
| August 29, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2015 | — | |
| June 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2013 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2013 | — | |
| March 3, 2011 | Pass |
May Street Cafe vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West 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 August 29, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.