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Original Maxwell Street Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2019
- address601 S Sacramento Blvd, Chicago 60612
Is Original Maxwell Street Grill clean?
Original Maxwell Street Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 16, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Original Maxwell Street Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE PROPERLY WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL REFRIGERATION/FREEZER UNITS IN FACILITY
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED MULTIPLE HEAVILY SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN CONCENTRATED SOLUTION AT LEAST 50 PPM WHEN NOT IN USE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED BROKEN/MISSING WALL COVING ON BASE BOARDS OF WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Original Maxwell Street Grill last inspected?
Original Maxwell Street Grill has 12 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| June 16, 2020 | — | |
| October 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2013 | Pass |
Original Maxwell Street Grill vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 36% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 184 clean, 45 mid, 279 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 16, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.