Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2012 →
• address1636-1638 W 69Th St, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc. clean?

Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 19, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc.?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2012. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc. last inspected?

Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc. has 5 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2011.

Big Sam's Food & Liquor, Inc. vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 81% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 117 clean, 22 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, 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.

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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 October 19, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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