A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2024
• address2601 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc clean?

A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED EXPOSED BRICK USED AS STABILIZER FOR PREP TABLES AND EQUIPMENT THOURGHOUT FACILITY, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE BRICKS AND REPAIR EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED TOILET ROOM DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE, INSTRUCTED TO REPIAR AND MIANTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED TOILET ROOM DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE, INSTRUCTED TO REPIAR AND MIANTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT BROKEN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DEBRIS BEHIND THE EQUIPMENT AND ACCUMULATED FEATHERS ON THE CEILING IN THE CHICKEN COOP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • OBSERVED CRACKED, BROKEN AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TO CREATE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND WATERTIGHT SURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED BASEMENT WALLS BROKEN WITH LARGE HOLES, NOTED WALL THROUGHOUT BASMENT WITH BLACK MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR WALLS, HOLES AND MAINTAIN ALL.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE CEILING LIGHT WITH WIRES EXPOSED, WHERE LIVE PULTRY IS HELD, PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED A BURNED-OUT LIGHT-BULB IN AREA WHERE LIVE ANIMALS ARE KEPT AND REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN THE CEILING LIGHT WITH WIRES EXPOSED, WHERE LIVE PULTRY IS HELD, PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED A BURNED-OUT LIGHT-BULB IN AREA WHERE LIVE ANIMALS ARE KEPT AND REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN.

When was A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc last inspected?

A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc has 14 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

A & D Live Chicken Poultry, Inc vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.