Nick's Meat Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 11, 2013
• address4410 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Nick's Meat Market clean?

Nick's Meat Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 11, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Nick's Meat Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 11, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED HEAVY ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE MEAT DISPLAY COOLER (NEXT TO CASH REGISTER). INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND DEFROST.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED HEAVY ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE MEAT DISPLAY COOLER (NEXT TO CASH REGISTER). INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND DEFROST.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLER AND FREEZERS WITH DRIED FOOD SPILLAGE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISE (FRONT AND REAR PREP), UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD-UP, INCLUDING BASEMENT FLOORS.-------MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISE (FRONT AND REAR PREP), UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD-UP, INCLUDING BASEMENT FLOORS.-------MUST REPAIR/REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN CEILING TILES ABOVE REAR PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN CEILING TILES ABOVE REAR PREP AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT ON PREMISE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Nick's Meat Market last inspected?

Nick's Meat Market has 8 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010.

Nick's Meat Market vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 July 11, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.