Mott Street

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 20, 2025 →
• address1401 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Mott Street clean?

Mott Street is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mott Street?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean

When was Mott Street last inspected?

Mott Street has 26 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mott Street vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Amish Healthy Foods
  cooked · November 16, 2010
• ✓ Nalyah's Cafe
  cooked · November 10, 2010
• ✓ Sweet Caroline's
  clean · February 15, 2011
• ✓ Cakes By Design Llc
  clean · November 9, 2010
• ✓ Restaurant Depot/Jetro Cash & Carry
  clean · January 27, 2023
• ✓ Mott Street
  clean · December 14, 2010

See every restaurant inspection in West Town →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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