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Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 25, 2025
- address4855 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609
Is Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc. clean?
Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEES WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON-SITE AT TIME OF LICENSE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEES WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON-SITE AT TIME OF LICENSE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.
When was Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc. last inspected?
Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc. has 4 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| April 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2025 | — |
Alfa Food Market & Tobacco Inc. vs New City
New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.
Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 April 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.