Dollar Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2015
• address2341 W Howard St, Chicago 60645
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Dollar Express clean?

Dollar Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dollar Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Cooler shelving/racks not clean, need cleaning, display cooler door tracks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in front sales/storage area not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors in sales floor under shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning, floors in rear storage areas by hot water heater not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in front sales/storage area not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors in sales floor under shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning, floors in rear storage areas by hot water heater not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint, gaps and holds in rear storage areas by back door, bathrooms, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint, gaps and holds in rear storage areas by back door, bathrooms, shall be repaired/sealed.

When was Dollar Express last inspected?

Dollar Express has 2 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2015.

Dollar Express vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in Rogers Park

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• ✓ Howard Food Mart
  clean · March 3, 2016
• ✓ Little Unicoco Restaurant
  clean · January 12, 2017
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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 October 29, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.