Memoir

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 4, 2023
• address2002 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Memoir clean?

Memoir is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 4, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Memoir?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 4, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE GASKETS AT THE TWO DOOR COOLER BY THE DOOR IN POOR REPAIR; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND INTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION AND FREEZER UNITS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM IN NEED OF CLEANING; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM IN NEED OF CLEANING; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS.

When was Memoir last inspected?

Memoir has 6 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2019.

Memoir vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 4, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.