Crater Food & Liquor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2016
• address1144 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60642
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Crater Food & Liquor clean?

Crater Food & Liquor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Crater Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN VACUUM BREAKER ON COLD WATER FAUCET OF MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Crater Food & Liquor last inspected?

Crater Food & Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2010.

Crater Food & Liquor vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 January 5, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.