Mcdonald's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 7, 2017
• address6515 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636

Is Mcdonald's clean?

Mcdonald's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 7, 2017. 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 Mcdonald's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 7, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • IMPROPER GARBAGE HANDLING OBSERVED AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION. OVERFLOWING GARBAGE 6-8 NCHES ABOVE THE RIM OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH THE LIDS OPEN OBSERVED IN ONE OF THE RECEPTACLES INSIDE THE GARBAGE CORALE. MUST KEEP THE LIDS CLOSED ON THE GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN THIS AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • IMPROPER GARBAGE HANDLING OBSERVED AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION. OVERFLOWING GARBAGE 6-8 NCHES ABOVE THE RIM OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH THE LIDS OPEN OBSERVED IN ONE OF THE RECEPTACLES INSIDE THE GARBAGE CORALE. MUST KEEP THE LIDS CLOSED ON THE GARBAGE CONTAINERS IN THIS AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE EXCCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP FROM REACH-IN FREEZERS. REPLACE RUBBER GASKET ON DOOR TO SALAD COOLER IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE EXCCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP FROM REACH-IN FREEZERS. REPLACE RUBBER GASKET ON DOOR TO SALAD COOLER IN FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN GREASE BUILD-UP ON THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT(GRILLS AND DEEP FRYERS)AND THE CABINET INTERIORS OF THE DEEP FRYERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS AND IN CORNERS WHERE DIRT, SPILLS AND DEBRIS IS PRESENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS AND IN CORNERS WHERE DIRT, SPILLS AND DEBRIS IS PRESENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS WHERE DIRT, GREASE AND STAINS ARE PRESENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS WHERE DIRT, GREASE AND STAINS ARE PRESENT.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ICE SCOOP THAT WAS NO LONGER EASILY CLEANABLE, AND TO KEEP ALL ICE SCOOPS INSIDE THE ICE BINS INVERTED WITH HANDLES UP, NOT TOUCHING THE ICE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ICE SCOOP THAT WAS NO LONGER EASILY CLEANABLE, AND TO KEEP ALL ICE SCOOPS INSIDE THE ICE BINS INVERTED WITH HANDLES UP, NOT TOUCHING THE ICE.

When was Mcdonald's last inspected?

Mcdonald's has 31 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mcdonald's vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 28% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 145 clean, 34 mid, 332 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, 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 February 7, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.