Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2021
• address5607 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise clean?

Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HEALTH POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES HEALTH. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WITH ALL THE NECESSARY ITEMS INCLUDING DISPOSABLE GLOVES, FACE MASK, DISPOSABLE MOP AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER FOR NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO COMMERCIAL VENTILATION SYSTEM IN PREP AREA ABOVE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO COMMERCIAL VENTILATION SYSTEM IN PREP AREA ABOVE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES

When was Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise last inspected?

Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise has 4 inspections on record going back to October 15, 2020.

Brothers Grocery & General Merchandise vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 24, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.