Alex 88 Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2024
• address435 E 71St St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Alex 88 Food clean?

Alex 88 Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alex 88 Food?

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

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNFINISHED FLOORS AND SURFACES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE FLOOR SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.

When was Alex 88 Food last inspected?

Alex 88 Food has 2 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2024.

Alex 88 Food vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 July 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.