Cooked?Crater Food & Liquor
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 18, 2020 →
- address1148 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60642
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Crater Food & Liquor clean?
Crater Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 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 Crater Food & Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
When was Crater Food & Liquor last inspected?
Crater Food & Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2018.
May 18, 2020 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →May 5, 2020 Fail
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View full inspection →October 23, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →Crater Food & Liquor vs West Town
West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.
Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 May 18, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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