Meli Cafe & Juice Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2025 →
• address301-305 S Halsted St, Chicago 60661

Is Meli Cafe & Juice Bar clean?

Meli Cafe & Juice Bar is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on June 1, 2026, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on March 25, 2025. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Meli Cafe & Juice Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

When was Meli Cafe & Juice Bar last inspected?

Meli Cafe & Juice Bar has 24 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Meli Cafe & Juice Bar vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,031 clean, 233 mid, 18 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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