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Mellow Yellow
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 20, 2021
- address1508 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is Mellow Yellow clean?
Mellow Yellow is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Mellow Yellow?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILTIY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORTY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
- 📄consumer advisory missingConsumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE/REMINDER FOR CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER ON MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS, CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, CLEAN UNDER GRILL, CLEAN BOTTOM OF FRYERS AND CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BULK STORGE CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT. ALSO CLEAN CAN OPENER BLADE IN AT BASEMENT PREP TABLE AND MEAT SLICER AND BASEMENT PREP TABLE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.
When was Mellow Yellow last inspected?
Mellow Yellow has 32 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 20, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 4, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 26, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2017 | Fail |
Mellow Yellow vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 August 20, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.