Mochinut

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2025
• address1139 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607

Is Mochinut clean?

Mochinut is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 16, 2025. 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 Mochinut?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE PREP TABLES, INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLERS, AND HOT HOLDING UNIT IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR USE. THE HANDWASHING SINK WAS BLOCKED BY A DEEP FRYER AND A ROLLING CART. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR USE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED HANGING FLY STRIPS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED HANGING FLY STRIPS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE SANITIZER TEST STRIPS ON THE PREMISES TO MEASURE THE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE SANITIZER TEST STRIPS ON THE PREMISES TO MEASURE THE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED AN OPENING IN THE CEILING DRYWALL ABOVE THE PREP COOLERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE CEILING DRYWALL. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER ON THE FLOOR OF THE STORAGE AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND STORE ALL ITEMS OFF OF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALLS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND DISHWASHING AREA, ALONG WALLS AND UNDER THE STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2616708 ON 4/30/25 NOT CORRECTED: 57 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLERS' CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2616708 ON 4/30/25 NOT CORRECTED: 57 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLERS' CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Mochinut last inspected?

Mochinut has 5 inspections on record going back to April 8, 2022.

Mochinut vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 September 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.