Amstar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2020
• address7560 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGas Station

Is Amstar clean?

Amstar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Amstar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2020, 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 SHELVING IN DELI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL AND MAINTAIN ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES • OBSERVED NO STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF SLICER, PREP TABLES, PREP COOLER, HOLDING UNITS, DUST, DIRT AND DEBRIS ON SHELVING UNITS IN PREP, SALES, STORAGE AND FRONT COUNTER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON HAND WASHING SINK IN DELI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON HAND WASHING SINK IN DELI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE IN A VERIFIABLE MANNER EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK IN DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C)
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON DELI MEATS IN DELI COOLER. REFRIGERATED, READY TO EAT TCS FOOD STORED MORE THAN 24 HOURS SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH DATE BY WHICH FOOD TO BE SOLD, CONSUMED, OR DISCARDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED STAINS ON WALLS AND CEILING IN WASHROOM, DEBRIS ON FLOORS IN SALES, PREP, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED OPENINGS AROUND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN DELI PREP AREA. OBSERVED MISSING FLOOR TILES IN WASHROOM AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR, REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was Amstar last inspected?

Amstar has 13 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Amstar 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 22% 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 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.