Mikkey's Retro Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 21, 2025
• address8132 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Mikkey's Retro Grill clean?

Mikkey's Retro Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mikkey's Retro Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR OF ALL REACH IN COOLERS AND REACH IN FREEZER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTERS AND BUILD UP. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NEW THERMOMETER NEEDED TO REPLACE ONE ON SITE AT THIS TIME. WORN WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF GREASE BUILD UP CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • LARGE BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN NEED OF LABELING WITH COMMODITY NAME. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS IN NEED OF STORING IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • LARGE CAN OPENER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FLLOR DRAINS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS AND WALLS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE SPLATTER AND FOOD SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN

When was Mikkey's Retro Grill last inspected?

Mikkey's Retro Grill has 15 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mikkey's Retro Grill vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 May 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.