Carnival Grocery Store

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2025
• address458 W Dickens Ave, Chicago 60614
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Carnival Grocery Store clean?

Carnival Grocery Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Carnival Grocery Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SCOOPS AND SPOONS STORED WITH FOOD CONTACT SURFACES EXPOSED NEAR THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE 2ND FLOOR PREP KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS TO PROTECT FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED SCOOPS AND SPOONS STORED WITH FOOD CONTACT SURFACES EXPOSED NEAR THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE 2ND FLOOR PREP KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS TO PROTECT FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAK FROM BASE OF LOOSE FAUCET OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN UPSTAIRS PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SERVICE LEAK AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP STORED IN BUCKET IN SECOND FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HANG OR STORE APPROPRIATELY TO ALLOW FOR AIR DRYING IN BETWEEN USE. • OBSERVED BASEBOARD ON WALLS IN SMALL HALL BEHIND REFRIGERATION UNITS AT BACK OF STORE IN STORAGE AREA TO BE BROKEN, IN POOR REPAIR, AND HANGING FROM THE WALL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TORN AND DAMAGED BASEBOARDS AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON BOTH FAN COVERS OF UNITS IN WALK IN COOLER/FREEZER COMBO IN 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FREE OF EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILD UP ON BOTH FAN COVERS OF UNITS IN WALK IN COOLER/FREEZER COMBO IN 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FREE OF EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP.

When was Carnival Grocery Store last inspected?

Carnival Grocery Store has 21 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Carnival Grocery Store vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.