Dollar General Store

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2020
• address2341 W Howard St, Chicago 60645
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Dollar General Store clean?

Dollar General Store is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 28, 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 Dollar General Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NOTED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNIT CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED TO MONITOR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS WITH ACCURATE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF FLOOR
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF FLOOR
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN TOILET FIXTURES IN BOTH BATHROOMS
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN TOILET FIXTURES IN BOTH BATHROOMS
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN AREA AROUND OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN AREA AROUND OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE OR ORGANIZE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THROUGH OUT THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS, PROPERLY ELEVATE STOCK 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALLS FOR BETTER CLEANING AND PEST MONITORING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THAT MOPS HAVE BEEN STORED ON FLOORS IN REAR AREA MUST PLACE MOPS OVER MOP SINK IN POSITION THAT CAN ALLOWS THEM AIR DRY WITH OUT SOILING WALLS AND FLOORS • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISE ESPECIALLY ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ESPECIALLY IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST UPGRADE HOUSEKEEPING. • MUST REPAIR DAMAGED DOOR HANDLE TO MAN'S BATHROOMS

When was Dollar General Store last inspected?

Dollar General Store has 2 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2017.

Dollar General Store 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 27% 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 August 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.