Chi Town Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2020
• address5002 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Chi Town Food & Liquor clean?

Chi Town Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chi Town Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN REQUIRED PROCEDURE/PLAN AND APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES OR KIT. (NECESSARY ITEMS AT A MINIMUM: GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER/SPRAY THAT KILLS NOROVIRUS).PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FAN COVERS IN WALK-IN-COOLER TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE WASH ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASH ROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE WASH ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASH ROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR STORAGE ROOM SHOWED MANAGER.MUST REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN TO SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDERNEATH GROCERY DISPLAY SHELFS IN CUSTOMER AREAS SHOWED TO MANAGER. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ACCUMULATIONS OF DUSTS ON VENTILATION COVER IN WASH ROOM AND TO MAINTAIN.

When was Chi Town Food & Liquor last inspected?

Chi Town Food & Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2015.

Chi Town Food & Liquor vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ Chi Town Food & Liquor
  clean · October 22, 2015
• ✓ Markelos Bakery
  clean · May 30, 2023
• ✓ Taco Chino 1
  clean · December 20, 2016
• ✓ Pj Nicky's Fruit Market
  clean · August 14, 2015
• ✓ Starvee's
  clean · September 9, 2015
• ✓! Cafe Chien
  mid · April 28, 2016

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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 26, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.