Poag Mahone's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2017
• address175 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60604

Is Poag Mahone's clean?

Poag Mahone's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 13, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Poag Mahone's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE CUTTING BOARDS HAVE DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS. MUST MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE CUTTING BOARDS HAVE DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS. MUST MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE SIDES, INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS ARE ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD. ALSO, THE CAN OPENER IS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS AND THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING/COOLING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS HAVE FOOD, DIRT AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS AND THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING/COOLING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS HAVE FOOD, DIRT AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • THERE IS DIRT/DUST AND FOOD SPLATTER ON THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • THERE IS DIRT/DUST AND FOOD SPLATTER ON THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MOPS ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE HANGING UP FOR PROPER DRYING.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • THE WASH CLOTHS USED IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA TO WIPE CUTTING BOARDS/PREP TABLES ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (WHICH MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • THE WASH CLOTHS USED IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA TO WIPE CUTTING BOARDS/PREP TABLES ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (WHICH MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was Poag Mahone's last inspected?

Poag Mahone's has 16 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Poag Mahone's vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 June 13, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.