Metropolitan Water Reclamation

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 30, 2019
• address100 E Erie St, Chicago 60611

Is Metropolitan Water Reclamation clean?

Metropolitan Water Reclamation is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 30, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Metropolitan Water Reclamation?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • Violation Codes: 2-102.14(O) Inspector Comments: - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Violation Codes: 2-501.11. Inspector Comments: - NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP WRITTEN POLICY AND PHYSICAL KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • Violation Codes: 3-302.12. Inspector Comments: - MUST PROVIDE IDENTIFYING LABELS FOR ALL FOODS STORED OUT OF ORIGINAL CONTAINERS (EX SPICES). - • Violation Codes: 3-602.11(A; B:1-4,6,7; C; D). Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR ALL "GRAB AND GO" FOODS ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE. REQUIRED LABEL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO FACILITY AT THIS TIME. -
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Violation Codes: 6-501.14. Inspector Comments: - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE GRILL HOOD. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. -
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Violation Codes: 6-501.14. Inspector Comments: - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE GRILL HOOD. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. -
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Violation Codes: 2-102.13. Inspector Comments: - MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Violation Codes: 2-102.13. Inspector Comments: - MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • Violation Codes: 2-102.13. Inspector Comments: - MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL MANAGERS. -

When was Metropolitan Water Reclamation last inspected?

Metropolitan Water Reclamation has 5 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2017.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 30, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.