Aldi's #93

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2011
• address7545 S Western Ave, Chicago 60620
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Aldi's #93 clean?

Aldi's #93 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Aldi's #93?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • REFRIGERATED DISPLAY CASE FOR HAMS HOLDING AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT 48.2F AND THERMOSTAT ON OUTSIDE OF SAME READING AT 50.0F. UNIT MUST BE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES OR BELOW /- 2 DEGREES FOR STORAGE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. UNIT ADJUSTED TO AN ACCEPTABLE TEMPERATURE DURING INSPECTION-CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • HAMS-46.4-48.1F-THIS PRODUCT MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW /- 2 DEGREES, ALL PRODUCT FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REMOVED FROM SALE. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A) APPROXIMATELY
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN BOTH MOP SINKS AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR, AND DISPLAY SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES IN REAR STORAGE ROOM BY COMPACTORS AND IN ALL WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES IN REAR STORAGE ROOM BY COMPACTORS AND IN ALL WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS UNDERNEATH COMPACTORS IN REAR STORE ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS UNDERNEATH COMPACTORS IN REAR STORE ROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN FRONT MOP SINK ROOM.

When was Aldi's #93 last inspected?

Aldi's #93 has 3 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2010.

Aldi's #93 vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 September 26, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.