Milwoods

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 16, 2012
• address1608 W North Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Milwoods clean?

Milwoods is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 16, 2012. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Milwoods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES. OWNER CLAIMS THAT HE RECERTIFIED THROUGH HWC BUT HAS NO PROOF ON SITE AT THIS TIME. MUST SHOW PROOF AND/OR A VALID CERTIFICATE.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL AND DATE COOKED FOOD ITEMS IN REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL AND DATE COOKED FOOD ITEMS IN REFRIGERATION UNITS.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN PREP BOARDS AT PREP COOLERS. CLEAN CAN OPENER AT REAR PREP TABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN PREP BOARDS AT PREP COOLERS. CLEAN CAN OPENER AT REAR PREP TABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: PREP TABLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS, VENTS IN HOODED AREA, EXTERIOR OF OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ETC.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. CLEAN INTERIORS OF LIGHT SHIELDS IN FOOD PREP AREA TO REMOVE DEAD INSECTS AND DUST SOME PEELING PAINT ON CEILING OF KITCHEN; REMOVE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. CLEAN INTERIORS OF LIGHT SHIELDS IN FOOD PREP AREA TO REMOVE DEAD INSECTS AND DUST SOME PEELING PAINT ON CEILING OF KITCHEN; REMOVE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE LIGHT BULBS WHERE NEEDED IN PREP AREAS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PAINT GREASE RECEPTOR AT THREE COMP SINK. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF UTILITY SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE OF WET MOPS; STORE WITH MOP HEADS UPWARD TO DRY. RECOMMENDED INSTALLING A MOP RACK FOR HANGING MOPS.

When was Milwoods last inspected?

Milwoods has 5 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2011.

Milwoods vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 16, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.