Milwaukee's Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 15, 2020
• address4701 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Milwaukee's Food & Liquor clean?

Milwaukee's Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 15, 2020. 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 Milwaukee's Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN REQUIRED PROCEDURE/PLAN AND APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES OR KIT. (NECESSARY ITEMS AT A MINIMUM: GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER/SPRAY THAT KILLS NOROVIRUS) PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS WITH CLUTTERED CONDITIONS,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND RE-ORGANIZE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE AND TO MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AT FRONT AREAS AND TO MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHT FIXTURE AT REAR HALLWAY INTO THE STORAGE ROOM.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHT FIXTURE AT REAR HALLWAY INTO THE STORAGE ROOM.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.

When was Milwaukee's Food & Liquor last inspected?

Milwaukee's Food & Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to September 10, 2013.

Milwaukee's Food & Liquor vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Randee's Food Store
  clean · October 23, 2023
• ✓ Randee's Food Store
  clean · July 18, 2013
• ✓! El Taco Feliz Taqueria
  mid · June 25, 2015
• ✓ Community
  clean · January 8, 2015
• ✓! Community
  mid · May 14, 2025
• ✓! 7 Eleven
  mid · April 28, 2015

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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 June 15, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.