The Cellar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2013 →
• address3106 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is The Cellar clean?

The Cellar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Cellar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

When was The Cellar last inspected?

The Cellar has 4 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2011.

The Cellar vs Montclare

Montclare runs 73% clean across 163 tracked restaurants — 117 clean, 38 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 163 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 6, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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