Clara's Convenience Store

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 26, 2013 →
• address5544 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Clara's Convenience Store clean?

Clara's Convenience Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 26, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Clara's Convenience Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored

When was Clara's Convenience Store last inspected?

Clara's Convenience Store has 3 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2013.

Clara's Convenience Store vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 81% clean across 207 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 32 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 207 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 26, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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