Molly's Cupcakes

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 9, 2024
• address419 E Illinois St, Chicago 60611
• cuisineBakery

Is Molly's Cupcakes clean?

Molly's Cupcakes is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 9, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Molly's Cupcakes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON THE FLOORS AND SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN UNDER ALL SHELVING UNITS, INTERIOR OF PREP DISH AREA, AROUND DISH MACHINE, PREP TABLES AND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS, FOOD DEBRIS, DIRT BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED MISSING CEILINGS TILE PANELS IN THE DISH AND FOOD PREPARATION AREAS INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, REPLACE MISSING PANELS AND/OR REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES. • OBSERVED CEILING AND WALLS WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATED, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MANITAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM, WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DUST ACCUMULATED ON INTERIOR OF HOOD SYSTEM INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED HOOD SYSTEM MISSING FILTERS, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM, WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DUST ACCUMULATED ON INTERIOR OF HOOD SYSTEM INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED HOOD SYSTEM MISSING FILTERS, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN

When was Molly's Cupcakes last inspected?

Molly's Cupcakes has 8 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2016.

Molly's Cupcakes 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 49% 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 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.