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Dill Pickle Food Co-Op
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 22, 2025
- address2746 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Dill Pickle Food Co-Op clean?
Dill Pickle Food Co-Op is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dill Pickle Food Co-Op?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS IN PREP AREAS WITHOUT PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE TO ENSURE USE AT ALL TIMES.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS IN PREP AREAS WITHOUT PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE TO ENSURE USE AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS FOR WASTECANS IN WASHROOMS.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS FOR WASTECANS IN WASHROOMS.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalProper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE EATING IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE DESIGNATED AREAS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGES ONLY.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SMALL PATCHES OF RUST ON METAL INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN.
When was Dill Pickle Food Co-Op last inspected?
Dill Pickle Food Co-Op has 12 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 31, 2017 | Pass |
Dill Pickle Food Co-Op vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 July 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.