7-Eleven

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 30, 2013
• address4859 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 7-Eleven clean?

7-Eleven is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 30, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at 7-Eleven?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING SERVICE AND STORAGE INSIDE CONDIMENT/PREP COOLER) WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 40.8F. NOTED DICED TOMATOES AT 50.1F AND 49.9F, DICED ONION AT 49.4F STORED ON TOP OF PREP COOLER AND CHICKEN TAQUITOS AT 52.8F, JALAPEÑO AND CREAM CHEESE TAQUITOS AT 50.9F, BUFFALO CHICKEN AT 52.1F, TACO AND CHEESE TAQUITOS AT 50.5F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MST MAINTAIN COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW AND HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 140F OR ABOVE. MANAGER DISCARDED THE SAID FOOD PRODUCTS. TOTAL VALUE: $36.00, TOTAL WEIGHT 3 LBS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP/CONDIMENT COOLER WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION, INTERIORS SURFACES OF 2 EXPOSED HAND SINK CABINETS AND HAND SINK CABINET INSIDE WASHROOM WITH DEBRIS. (FRONT/SERVICE AREA).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR STORAGE AREA INCLUDING WALK-IN COOLER FLOORS (ALONG THE WALLS UNDER STORAGE SHELVES).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR STORAGE AREA INCLUDING WALK-IN COOLER FLOORS (ALONG THE WALLS UNDER STORAGE SHELVES).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.

When was 7-Eleven last inspected?

7-Eleven has 5 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2010.

7-Eleven 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 22% 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 30, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.