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Merla's Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 28, 2023
- address5207 N Kimball Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Merla's Kitchen clean?
Merla's Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Merla's Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENT.
When was Merla's Kitchen last inspected?
Merla's Kitchen has 19 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| July 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2017 | Fail |
Merla's Kitchen vs North Park
North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 July 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.