May Street Groceries

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2016
• address1122 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60621

Is May Street Groceries clean?

May Street Groceries is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2016. 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 May Street Groceries?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO WASHBOWL IN EMPLOYEE BATHROOM, INSTALL SAME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ☠️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 • NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON PREMISES, PROVIDE SAME. OBERVED EVIDENCE OF TERMITE DAMAGE IN BASEMENT, INST TO PROVIDE PROOF OF SERVICE, MAKE ALL REPAIRS NECESSARY.SERIOUS VIOLATION, 7-38-020
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • NO GARBAGE /DUMPSTER REMOVAL SERVICE. PROVIDE SAME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • NO GARBAGE /DUMPSTER REMOVAL SERVICE. PROVIDE SAME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN BASEMENT NOT CLEAN IN SOME SECTIONS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN BASEMENT NOT CLEAN IN SOME SECTIONS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SECTIONS OF SUPPORT BEAMS IN BASEMENT CEILING / OVERHEAD , IN POOR REPAIR, EXTENSIVE TERMITE DAMAGE, BEAMS CRUMBLING, FALLING APART, NOT SAFE, ALSO SECTIONS OF FLOOR ABOVE BEAMS IN POOR REPAIR. REPAIR ALL SECTIONS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SECTIONS OF SUPPORT BEAMS IN BASEMENT CEILING / OVERHEAD , IN POOR REPAIR, EXTENSIVE TERMITE DAMAGE, BEAMS CRUMBLING, FALLING APART, NOT SAFE, ALSO SECTIONS OF FLOOR ABOVE BEAMS IN POOR REPAIR. REPAIR ALL SECTIONS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MISSING LIGHT SHIELD END CAPS IN PREP AREA. INSTALL SAME.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • DRAINS AT 3 COMP SLOW, MOP SINK NOT DRAINING IN BASEMENT, REPAIR SAME.

When was May Street Groceries last inspected?

May Street Groceries has 2 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2016.

May Street Groceries vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 October 31, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.