Montrose Cicero Shell

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 29, 2019 →
• address4401-4443 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Montrose Cicero Shell clean?

Montrose Cicero Shell is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 29, 2019. 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 Montrose Cicero Shell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 29, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Montrose Cicero Shell last inspected?

Montrose Cicero Shell has 3 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2019.

Montrose Cicero Shell vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 76% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 73 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 29, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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