Citgo

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 30, 2020
• address4219-4229 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60641
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Citgo clean?

Citgo is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 30, 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 Citgo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MISSING DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE FOR NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE UTILITY(MOP) SINK AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE UTILITY(MOP) SINK AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTIAN
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTIAN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN STORAGE RACKS WITH MOLD LIKE BUILD UP INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. FAN GUARD INSIDE THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER WITH DUST BUILD-UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK. MUST INSTALL TO BE ABLE TO SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE GREASE TRAP/INTERCEPTOR CONNECTED UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE GREASE TRAP/INTERCEPTOR CONNECTED UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CEILNG VENT COVER INSDE THE WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • : INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN REAR STORAGE ROOM (NEXT TO WALK-IN COOLER) MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING. • NSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE DISPLAY AREA, INSIDE THE WASHROOM AND IN REAR STORAGE AREA OF PREMISES AND MAINTAIN.

When was Citgo last inspected?

Citgo has 5 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2018.

Citgo vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, 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 April 30, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.