Bj's Variety Shop

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 17, 2017 →
• address6900 S Artesian Ave, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Bj's Variety Shop clean?

Bj's Variety Shop is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 17, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bj's Variety Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained

When was Bj's Variety Shop last inspected?

Bj's Variety Shop has 1 inspection on record going back to April 17, 2017.

Bj's Variety Shop vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 79% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 30 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 April 17, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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