D & A Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2024
• address1601 W Garfield Blvd, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is D & A Food & Liquor clean?

D & A Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2024. 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 D & A Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • : 2-501.11 : OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • : 6-301.14 : OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN AT HAND SINK IN TOILET ROOM.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 : OBSERVED A GAP ALONG BOTTOM OF FRONT DOOR MUST MAKE DOOR TIGHT FITTING TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19 : MUST APPLY A SEALANT OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNITS INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER.MUST ELIMINATE CRATES USED FOR LIQUOR STORAGE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING UNITS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) : MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS,SLEEVES & FAN GUARD COVER,EXTERIOR OF ICE FREEZER,CEILING FAN & WINDOW SILLS IN LOBBY,LIQUOR SHELVES AND COUNTER COOLERS
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 : OBSERVED NO LID ON GARBAGE CAN IN UNISEX TOILET ROOM MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 : OBSERVED NO LID ON GARBAGE CAN IN UNISEX TOILET ROOM MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 : MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM WALL VENTS,WALLS AND CEILINGS. • 6-201.16 : MUST SCRAPE CHIPPING PAINT FROM CEILING IN WALK IN COOLER AND WALLS IN LOBBY AREA TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE • 6-201.13 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER • 6-501.13 : MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST AND DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES AND SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER.

When was D & A Food & Liquor last inspected?

D & A Food & Liquor has 5 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2011.

D & A Food & Liquor vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

• ✓! Eddie's Food Mart
  mid · September 24, 2012
• ✓ Ada Foods
  clean · March 19, 2013
• ✓! Joe's Food Market
  mid · August 30, 2016
• ✓ Joe's Food Market
  clean · April 13, 2010
• ? Dunkin Donuts
  cooked · September 6, 2012
• ✓ China Express
  clean · April 8, 2013

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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 August 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.