Mia's Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 14, 2017
• address4200 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Mia's Cafe clean?

Mia's Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 14, 2017. 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 Mia's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. NOTED DEEP DISH SAUSAGE PIZZA INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 97.1F, PEPPERONI PIZZA AT 89.7F, CHEESE PIZZA AT 88.4F STORED INSIDE HOT HOLDING UNIT (THE SAID UNIT WAS TURNED OFF). INSTRUCTED MANAGER, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST MAINTAIN HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 140F OR ABOVE AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW. MANAGEMENT DISCARDED THE SAID FOOD PRODUCTS. TOTAL VALUE: $30.00, TOTAL WEIGHT: 3 LBS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND CUTTING BOARD ON TOP OF PREP COOLER (PREP AREA) IN POOR REPAIR WITH STAIN AND DEEP SEAMS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND CUTTING BOARD ON TOP OF PREP COOLER (PREP AREA) IN POOR REPAIR WITH STAIN AND DEEP SEAMS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF (2) EXPOSED HAND SINK, PREP SINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.-----------MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE AND INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS WITH FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN FRONT PREP/COOKING AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND COOLERS AND ICE MACHINE AND ALSO MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOOR DRAINS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND INSIDE STORAGE CABINET.----------MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN FRONT PREP/COOKING AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND COOLERS AND ICE MACHINE AND ALSO MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOOR DRAINS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND INSIDE STORAGE CABINET.----------MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD ABOVE PIZZA OVEN WITH DUST ACCUMULATION.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD ABOVE PIZZA OVEN WITH DUST ACCUMULATION.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER (S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. INFORMATION GIVEN.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER (S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. INFORMATION GIVEN.

When was Mia's Cafe last inspected?

Mia's Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2014.

Mia's Cafe vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 14, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.