Mike's Neighborhood Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 25, 2015
• address1744 W Estes Ave, Chicago 60626
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mike's Neighborhood Grocery clean?

Mike's Neighborhood Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 25, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mike's Neighborhood Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE THE ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • PIECE OF RUG BY THE MOP SINK,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. HOLE AT BASE OF THE CABINET(EAST SIDE AT RIGHT CORNER),AT WASHROOM/MOP SINK AREA,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • PIECE OF RUG BY THE MOP SINK,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. HOLE AT BASE OF THE CABINET(EAST SIDE AT RIGHT CORNER),AT WASHROOM/MOP SINK AREA,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BROKEN WALL UNDER THE STAIRCASE OF THE MOP SINK/WASHROOM,ALSO BROKEN WALL INSIDE THE CABINET UNDER THE WAS BOWL.REPAIR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AT SELLING AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BROKEN WALL UNDER THE STAIRCASE OF THE MOP SINK/WASHROOM,ALSO BROKEN WALL INSIDE THE CABINET UNDER THE WAS BOWL.REPAIR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AT SELLING AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED LIGHT BULB ON CEILING AT WEST WALL ABOVE PAPER GOODS,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE

When was Mike's Neighborhood Grocery last inspected?

Mike's Neighborhood Grocery has 3 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2015.

Mike's Neighborhood Grocery vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 February 25, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.