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Meatball Hero & Pasta
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 16, 2016
- address3037 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is Meatball Hero & Pasta clean?
Meatball Hero & Pasta is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 16, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Meatball Hero & Pasta?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT. FLOORS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING/MONITORING.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT. FLOORS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING/MONITORING.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DIRTY BULK FOOD CONTAINERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN AT THE DISH AREA/GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. CEMENT FLOOR AT THE ENTRANCE TO KITCHEN IN POOR REPAIR WITH CRACKED, CHIPPING AND MISSING CEMENT. MUST REPAIR TO MAKE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. ALL STORED ITEMS AT THE FRONT PREP AREA MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR 6" OR ABOVE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN AT THE DISH AREA/GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. CEMENT FLOOR AT THE ENTRANCE TO KITCHEN IN POOR REPAIR WITH CRACKED, CHIPPING AND MISSING CEMENT. MUST REPAIR TO MAKE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. ALL STORED ITEMS AT THE FRONT PREP AREA MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR 6" OR ABOVE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WATER DAMAGED CIELING TILES AT THE WASHROOMS ENTRANCES. MUST REPLACE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WATER DAMAGED CIELING TILES AT THE WASHROOMS ENTRANCES. MUST REPLACE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • INADEQUATE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE REAR DISH/POT PAN STORAGE. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SPRAY ARM AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK HANGS BELOW THE WASH BASINS. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR AND MUST NOT HANG BELOW WASH BASIN AT HIGHEST WATER LEVEL.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN THE FRONT PREP ONE DOOR COOLER. MUST REPLACE.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN THE FRONT PREP ONE DOOR COOLER. MUST REPLACE.
When was Meatball Hero & Pasta last inspected?
Meatball Hero & Pasta has 4 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| June 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2015 | Pass |
Meatball Hero & Pasta vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 June 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.