Mother's Ruin

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2025
• address2943 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Mother's Ruin clean?

Mother's Ruin is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 26, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mother's Ruin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND DUST DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT (DEEP FRYERS, GRIDDLE) IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL FACILITIES TO BE SOILED: WALL BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA SOILED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS, WALL BENEATH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE BAR AREA SOILED WITH FRIED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Mother's Ruin last inspected?

Mother's Ruin has 6 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2022.

Mother's Ruin vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

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  clean · February 8, 2022
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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 August 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.