Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2017
• address835 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc clean?

Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 15, 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 Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON COUNTER, STAINLESS STEEL KNIVES FOR CHOCOLATE SLICING WITHOUT HAVING ANY DISH WASHING FACILITY, UNABLE TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE EQUIPMENT. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030. FACILITY WAS APPROVED WITH A PORTABLE HAND SINK AND USING ONLY DISPOSABLE UTENSILS. WASHING OTHER THAN HANDS IN HAND SINK IS PROHIBITED, DISH SOAP AND A SPONGE WHERE PLACED AT HAND SINK. DURING INSPECTION MGR OBTAINED DISPOSABLE KNIVES AND REMOVED ALL THE STAINLESS STEEL KNIVES.

When was Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc last inspected?

Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc has 3 inspections on record going back to June 30, 2016.

Midwestern Moonshiners, Llc vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.