The Main Cafeteria

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 31, 2012
• address111 W Monroe St, Chicago 60603

Is The Main Cafeteria clean?

The Main Cafeteria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 31, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Main Cafeteria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 31, 2012, 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 • MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS, CLEAN THE CAN OPENER AND THE KNIFE RACKS IN THE PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE AND PREP AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE AND PREP AREAS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT SHIELDS TO LIGHTS IN PREP AREA-GRID LIKE COVERS DON NOT SHIELD THE LIGHTS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE ANY AND ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT FROM FRONT PREP AREAS AND CLUTTER FROM DISH MACHINE AREA TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL BREEDING SITES FOR PESTS.

When was The Main Cafeteria last inspected?

The Main Cafeteria has 1 inspection on record going back to May 31, 2012.

The Main Cafeteria vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 May 31, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.