Michael's On Main Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 24, 2019 →
• address8750 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60631

Is Michael's On Main Cafe clean?

Michael's On Main Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Michael's On Main Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 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
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

When was Michael's On Main Cafe last inspected?

Michael's On Main Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Michael's On Main Cafe vs Norwood Park

Norwood Park runs 83% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in Norwood Park

• ✓ New China Buffet
  cooked · November 7, 2013
• ✓! Shell/Food Mart
  mid · July 7, 2020
• ✓! Michael's On Main Cafe
  cooked · May 2, 2017
• ? President's Plaza - Cafeteria
  cooked · December 19, 2011
• ✓ Frank's Franks
  cooked · September 21, 2011
• ✓ Taco Burrito King
  clean · March 20, 2026

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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