Mic Duck's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 13, 2026
• address3401 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Mic Duck's clean?

Mic Duck's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mic Duck's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLING TEMPERATURE INSIDE 2-DOOR FRONT PREP COOLER AND REAR 3-DOOR TALL REFRIGERATOR RAW CHICKEN 48.7F, CHICKEN BREAST 47.3F RAW BEEF 53.4F, HAMBURGERS 54.2F, GYRO SAUCE 50.5F INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 45#S OF FOOD VALUE OF $288.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 2-DOOR FRONT PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 57.3F. DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41.0F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. COLD HOLDING UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION BY THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL THE COLD HOLDING UNIT IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AND MAINTAINING PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERTAURE OF OF 41.F OR BELOW.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN FRONT KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN FRONT KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE MEAT CHEST FREEZER LOCATED IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN INTERIOR SURFACE OF CHEST FREEZER. • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILD UP INSIDE DEEPFRYERS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OPENING INTO CEILING ABOVE MEAT CHEST FREEZER. MUST SEAL OPENINGS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Mic Duck's last inspected?

Mic Duck's has 9 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2019.

Mic Duck's vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, 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 April 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.