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Ab Food And Liquor
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 19, 2020
- address7908-7910 S Exchange Ave, Chicago 60617
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Ab Food And Liquor clean?
Ab Food And Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 19, 2020. 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 Ab Food And Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. SUPPLIES MUST INCLUDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER THAT ELIMINATES NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES TO PROPERLY HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN) UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN) UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13 OBSERVED THE FLOORS UNDER ALL OF THE RACKS AND BEHIND ALL OF THE REFRIGERATORS WITH EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED DEBRIS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE FACILITY AND IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS.
When was Ab Food And Liquor last inspected?
Ab Food And Liquor has 6 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2012 | Fail |
Ab Food And Liquor vs South Chicago
South Chicago runs 75% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 21 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in South Chicago, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.