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Mid West Groceries
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 16, 2015
- address5453 W Madison St, Chicago 60644
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Mid West Groceries clean?
Mid West Groceries is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 16, 2015. 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 Mid West Groceries?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO EXPOSED HANDSINK OBSERVED IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. A SLICER OBSERVED ON A PREP TABLE IN THE REAR NEAR THE THREE COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED THAT AN EXPOSED HANDSINK MUST BE INSTALLED IN THAT AREA FOR HANDWASHING WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND TOWELS.
When was Mid West Groceries last inspected?
Mid West Groceries has 6 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| November 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2011 | Fail |
Mid West Groceries vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, 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 November 16, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.