Alvarado's Food Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2014 →
• address2401 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Alvarado's Food Market clean?

Alvarado's Food Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alvarado's Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

When was Alvarado's Food Market last inspected?

Alvarado's Food Market has 1 inspection on record going back to July 16, 2014.

Alvarado's Food Market vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ✓ Michoacana Gold
  cooked · May 17, 2016
• ✓ Restaurant Y Rosticeria La Chilapena
  cooked · August 8, 2014
• ✓ Natys Pizza 26
  clean · January 28, 2026
• ✓ Dulcelandia
  clean · April 11, 2017
• ✓! Taqueria Maria's
  cooked · July 17, 2015
• ✕ Son Of A Beef
  cooked · June 4, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in South Lawndale →

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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 July 16, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.