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Milano's Cafe & Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address3930-3932 W School St, Chicago 60618
Is Milano's Cafe & Bar clean?
Milano's Cafe & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Milano's Cafe & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORED IN COOLERS AND IN DRY CONTAINERS WITH A COMMON NAME .
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • WE OBSERVED ONE WHITE RUSTY CHEST FREEZER, ONE WHITE REACH-IN FREEZER, ONE UNUSED COOLER FILLED WITH MULTI USE UTENSILS AND PLATES. THREE DOOR REACH-IN COOLER FILLED WITH COOKED FOOD AND DEFROSTING RAW FOOD. UNITS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE REAR EXIT DOOR AT CEMENT SIDEWALK AT REAR OF THE BUSINESS. AREA MENTIONED NOT COMPLETETLY ENCLOSED. BIRD DROPPINGS ON THE FENCE AND THE GROUND. MUST REMOVE ALL THE UNITS AND RELOCATE INSIDE THE PREMISES. MUST REMOVE FOOD.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • WE OBSERVED ONE WHITE RUSTY CHEST FREEZER, ONE WHITE REACH-IN FREEZER, ONE UNUSED COOLER FILLED WITH MULTI USE UTENSILS AND PLATES. THREE DOOR REACH-IN COOLER FILLED WITH COOKED FOOD AND DEFROSTING RAW FOOD. UNITS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE REAR EXIT DOOR AT CEMENT SIDEWALK AT REAR OF THE BUSINESS. AREA MENTIONED NOT COMPLETETLY ENCLOSED. BIRD DROPPINGS ON THE FENCE AND THE GROUND. MUST REMOVE ALL THE UNITS AND RELOCATE INSIDE THE PREMISES. MUST REMOVE FOOD.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE THREE DOOR REACH-IN COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN.REPAIR/REPLACE
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • REMOVE GREASE INSIDE THE CABINET AT DEEP FRYER.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDEAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
When was Milano's Cafe & Bar last inspected?
Milano's Cafe & Bar has 20 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2023 | — | |
| August 31, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 30, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 23, 2021 | — | |
| August 19, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Milano's Cafe & Bar vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.