Alvarez Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2010
• address4758 S Laflin St, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Alvarez Grocery clean?

Alvarez Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 27, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alvarez Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL STORAGE PALLETS & SHELVES THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(INCLUDING BASEMENT). FINISH TILING FLOOR BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(INCLUDING BASEMENT). FINISH TILING FLOOR BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. REPAIR & CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED. REPAIR LOWER RIGHT SECTION OF FRONT DOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. REPAIR & CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED. REPAIR LOWER RIGHT SECTION OF FRONT DOOR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOM EITHER BY OPENING THE WINDOW OR INSTALLING AN EXHAUST FAN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIMINATE ALL CLUTTERED AREAS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING BASEMENT

When was Alvarez Grocery last inspected?

Alvarez Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to August 18, 2010.

Alvarez Grocery 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 August 27, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.