Community Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2020
• address5530 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Community Food & Liquor clean?

Community Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 8, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Community Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 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 .
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINK INSIDE WASH ROOM.MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ACCUMULATIONS OF DUSTS ON VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ACCUMULATIONS OF DUSTS ON VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER AREA AND MAINTAIN.

When was Community Food & Liquor last inspected?

Community Food & Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2013.

Community Food & Liquor vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 44% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 25 mid, 126 cooked.

Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 47% of them.

Other spots in Jefferson Park

• ✓ The Original Roma Beef & Pizza
  cooked · March 19, 2014
• ✓ 7 Eleven
  cooked · May 11, 2015
• ✓ 7 Eleven
  clean · September 12, 2013
• ✓ N.O.K. Persian Food
  cooked · March 1, 2022
• ✓ Community Food & Liquor
  clean · April 24, 2014
• ✓ 1St Hunan Spring
  clean · November 5, 2025

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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 July 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.