Buy Low Liquors

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 23, 2022
• address4301-4305 W North Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Buy Low Liquors clean?

Buy Low Liquors is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Buy Low Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2022, 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 • FOUND BROKEN GASKETS ON THE DOOR OF THE REAR BEER WALK-IN COOLER. FOUND THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND GASKETS BROKEN ON THE FRONT BEER WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND A LEAK AT THE REAR 2-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET. MUST REPAIR. • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND CARBOARD LINING THE WALL UNDERNEATH THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE BACK AREA. MUST REMOVE CARBOARD TO PROVIDE A WALL THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • MUST REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILE IN RESTROOM.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND A BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB IN THE REAR BEER WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND A BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB IN THE REAR BEER WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.

When was Buy Low Liquors last inspected?

Buy Low Liquors has 5 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2016.

Buy Low Liquors vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.