Musa Snack Shop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 12, 2012
• address3358 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Musa Snack Shop clean?

Musa Snack Shop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 12, 2012. 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 Musa Snack Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 12, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE, WASHING AND RINSING MULTI USE UTENSILS AND SETTING THEM TO DRY WITHOUT USING A SANITIZING METHOD. INSTRUCTED/DEMOSTRATED PROPER SET UP OF THE 3PART SINK FOR WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING WITH 100PPM CHLORINE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLER NOT DATED/LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLER NOT DATED/LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED, CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED ON STORAGE SHELVES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED, CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED ON STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL RAW/BARE WOOD SHELVES AND BOTTOM PANELS OF TABLES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL RAW/BARE WOOD SHELVES AND BOTTOM PANELS OF TABLES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEANED, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOLERS, CHEST FREEZERS, SHELVES UNDER FRONT SERVING COUNTERS, MOP SINK, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND MICROWAVE OVEN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT KITCHEN, DISH WASHING AREA AND STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS, UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS THRU-OUT KITCHEN, DISH WASHING AREA AND STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES THRU-OUT PREMISES, CLEAN CEILING ATTACHMENTS AND REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING PANELS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES THRU-OUT PREMISES, CLEAN CEILING ATTACHMENTS AND REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING PANELS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL RUSTY GREASE TRAP UNDER THE 3PART SINK.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED, FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED, FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • MUST PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • MUST PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS.

When was Musa Snack Shop last inspected?

Musa Snack Shop has 3 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2010.

Musa Snack Shop vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 October 12, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.