St. Mary's Church

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 30, 2018
• address4225 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634
• cuisineSpecial Event

Is St. Mary's Church clean?

St. Mary's Church is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 30, 2018. 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 St. Mary's Church?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEATH POLICY ON SITE INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TPO CREATE A EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. VIOLATION PF 7-38-012(a) NO CITATIONS ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SCHEDULE ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE ONE. VIOLATION PF-7-38-005 NO CITATIONS ISSUED
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSEEVED LIGHT SHIELDING MISSING IN SMALL KITCHEN/LOWER LEVEL ANDLIGHT SHIELD BROKEN IN MAIN KITCHEN.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE /REPAIR. VIOLATION C CODE 6-202.11 • OBSERVED NO VENTILATION HOOD OVER OVENS IN SMALL KITCHEN.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE' VIOLATION C CODE 6-304.11
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSEEVED LIGHT SHIELDING MISSING IN SMALL KITCHEN/LOWER LEVEL ANDLIGHT SHIELD BROKEN IN MAIN KITCHEN.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE /REPAIR. VIOLATION C CODE 6-202.11 • OBSERVED NO VENTILATION HOOD OVER OVENS IN SMALL KITCHEN.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE' VIOLATION C CODE 6-304.11
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE.INSTRUTED MANAGEMENT TO GET AN ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE, VIOLATION PF NO CITATIONS ISSUED

When was St. Mary's Church last inspected?

St. Mary's Church has 4 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2016.

St. Mary's Church 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 17% 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 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.