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Melao Latin Cuisine
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 15, 2017
- address3941 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Melao Latin Cuisine clean?
Melao Latin Cuisine is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 15, 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 Melao Latin Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED.(FLOUR, SUGAR,ETC.) MUST LABEL BULK FOOD.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED.(FLOUR, SUGAR,ETC.) MUST LABEL BULK FOOD.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT BASEMENT.MUST CLEAN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT BASEMENT.MUST CLEAN.
When was Melao Latin Cuisine last inspected?
Melao Latin Cuisine has 9 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| September 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2012 | Pass |
Melao Latin Cuisine vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, 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 September 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.