Miska's

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 8, 2013
• address4044-4046 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineLiquor

Is Miska's clean?

Miska's is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 8, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Miska's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • OBSERVED THIRTY MOUSE DROPPINGS ON FLOOR BEHIND BEER DISPLAY ON SELLING FLOOR; REMOVE DROPPINGS. OBSERVED A HOLE IN CEILING OF BASEMENT IN STORAGE AREA WHERE DAYLIGHT IS VISIBLE, TRASH IS FALLING THROUGH FROM THE OUTSIDE AND IT IS NOT RODENT PROOFED; MUST SEAL HOLE. ALSO PROVIDE A PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK FROM A LICENSED PEST CONTROL COMPANY. EMPLOYEES ON DUTY HAVE NO ACCESS TO LOG BOOK BUT STATED THAT EXTERMINATOR WAS OUT LAST WEEK.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN FAN GUARD COVERS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT WHERE NEEDED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN FAN GUARD COVERS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPENING IN WALL OF BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM, PROVIDE WALL COVING BEHIND ICE MACHINE AND REATTACH LOOSE WALL COVING AT SIDE OF ICE MACHINE. SOME PEELING PAINT ALONG STORAGE WALL NEAR SODA STORAGE. CLEAN CEILINGS OF BOTH WALK-IN UNITS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPENING IN WALL OF BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM, PROVIDE WALL COVING BEHIND ICE MACHINE AND REATTACH LOOSE WALL COVING AT SIDE OF ICE MACHINE. SOME PEELING PAINT ALONG STORAGE WALL NEAR SODA STORAGE. CLEAN CEILINGS OF BOTH WALK-IN UNITS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • SOME CLUTTER OBSERVED IN BASEMENT STORAGE; ORGANIZE AREAS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Miska's last inspected?

Miska's has 1 inspection on record going back to March 8, 2013.

Miska's vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 March 8, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.