Al-Amin Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2025 →
• address6403 N Artesian Ave, Chicago 60645
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Al-Amin Grocery clean?

Al-Amin Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Al-Amin Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Al-Amin Grocery last inspected?

Al-Amin Grocery has 11 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2012.

Al-Amin Grocery vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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