Mermaid Fish & Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 22, 2014
• address5360 W Division St, Chicago 60651

Is Mermaid Fish & Chicken clean?

Mermaid Fish & Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 22, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mermaid Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED OR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY/SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND HANDLED SUCH AS HAMBURGERS,CHICKEN,GROUND BEEF AND ITALIAN BEEF. A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR BOTTOM SHELVES OF PREP COOLERS TO REMOVE SPILLS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED THE WALL COVING LOOSE OR MISSING ALONG THE WALL BASE THROUGH OUT. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING PLACE. ALSO NOTED MISSING AND DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED THE WALL COVING LOOSE OR MISSING ALONG THE WALL BASE THROUGH OUT. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST BREEDING PLACE. ALSO NOTED MISSING AND DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NOTED MISSING END CAPS AND THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. ALSO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN LIGHT SHIELD IN THE FRONT PREP AREA.

When was Mermaid Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Mermaid Fish & Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2013.

Mermaid Fish & Chicken vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 December 22, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.