A & L Grocer

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 7, 2012
• address2154 W Addison St, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is A & L Grocer clean?

A & L Grocer is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 7, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at A & L Grocer?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 7, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Instructed to install splash guard between exposed hand sink and 3 compartment sink in deli area. Relocate hand soap dispensor from above 3 compartment sink to above exposed hand sink.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Instructed to install splash guard between exposed hand sink and 3 compartment sink in deli area. Relocate hand soap dispensor from above 3 compartment sink to above exposed hand sink.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Upper, interior and rear surfaces of ice maker not clean. Must clean and maintain ice maker.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Exposed brick wall along side of utility sink. Instructed to finish or seal wall to be smooth, easily cleanable and non-absorbant.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Exposed brick wall along side of utility sink. Instructed to finish or seal wall to be smooth, easily cleanable and non-absorbant.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • No visible backflow prevention devices at ice maker and coffee maker water supply lines. Must install and maintain same.

When was A & L Grocer last inspected?

A & L Grocer has 3 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2010.

A & L Grocer vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 June 7, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.