Michael's On Main Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: FOUND NO SOAP AVAILABLE AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR PREP AREA (NEXT TO ICE MACHINE) AND ALSO NOT ACCESSIBLE. NOTED CLEANING SUPPLIES (BROOMS AND MOP AND MOP BUCKET) IN FRONT OF THE SAID EXPOSED HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, HAND WASHING FACILITIES MUST BE CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES PROVIDED WITH SOAP AND HAND DRYING DEVICE OR PAPER TOWEL. (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION) CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
  code 12Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN TABLE UNDER GRILL ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS THROUGHOUT REAR AND FRONT BEHIND PREP LINE.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKY DRAINPIPE UNDER 3RD COMPARTMENT (FAR RIGHT) OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 29, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Norwood Park

• ✓ New China Buffet
  cooked · 7310 W Foster Ave · inspected November 7, 2013
• ✓! Shell/Food Mart
  mid · 7201 W Higgins Ave · inspected July 7, 2020
• ✓! Michael's On Main Cafe
  cooked · 8430 W Bryn Mawr Ave · inspected May 2, 2017
• ? President's Plaza - Cafeteria
  cooked · 8700 W Bryn Mawr Ave · inspected December 19, 2011
• ✓ Frank's Franks
  cooked · 6132 N Northwest Hwy · inspected September 21, 2011
• ✓ Taco Burrito King
  clean · 5501 N Harlem Ave · inspected March 20, 2026

See every restaurant in Norwood Park →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.