Mk-The Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 3, 2017
• address868 N Franklin St, Chicago 60610

Is Mk-The Restaurant clean?

Mk-The Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 3, 2017. 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 Mk-The Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 3, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • DID NOT FIND A BOTTLE BRUSHER ON PREMISES FOR THE TALL WATER BOTTLES.MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE A BOTTLE BRUSHER ON PREMISES FOR THE TALL GLASS BOTTLES ON SITE. ALSO FOUND TABLES SET-UP WITH KNIVES AND FORKS NOT PROPERLY STORED. MUST PROPERLY COVER THE TOP PORTIONS OF ALL KNIVES AND FORKS ON THE CUSTOMER DINING TABLES AT ALL TIMES SO AS NOT TO BE CONTAMINATED PRIOR TO USE.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • DID NOT FIND A BOTTLE BRUSHER ON PREMISES FOR THE TALL WATER BOTTLES.MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE A BOTTLE BRUSHER ON PREMISES FOR THE TALL GLASS BOTTLES ON SITE. ALSO FOUND TABLES SET-UP WITH KNIVES AND FORKS NOT PROPERLY STORED. MUST PROPERLY COVER THE TOP PORTIONS OF ALL KNIVES AND FORKS ON THE CUSTOMER DINING TABLES AT ALL TIMES SO AS NOT TO BE CONTAMINATED PRIOR TO USE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND AN EXTREMELY RUSTED AND CRACKED FLOOR INSIDE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND AN EXTREMELY RUSTED AND CRACKED FLOOR INSIDE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND ONLY 2 SINK STOPPERS FOR THE 3-COMP SINK IN THE BASEMENT AREA. MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE 3 WORKING SINK STOPPERS FOR THE 3-COMP SINK TO PROPERLY SET-UP FOR WASHING,RINSING AND SANITIZING.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOUND NO IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES FOR FOOD PREP STAFF.INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS PROVIDE IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD PREP STAFF, SERVERS, AND DISHWASHERS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOUND NO IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES FOR FOOD PREP STAFF.INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS PROVIDE IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD PREP STAFF, SERVERS, AND DISHWASHERS.

When was Mk-The Restaurant last inspected?

Mk-The Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2010.

Mk-The Restaurant vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 May 3, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.