Dollar General Store

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2020
• address5725 N Broadway, Chicago 60660
• 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 March 27, 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 March 27, 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 VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY ICE BUILD IN 2-DOOR FREEZER IN REAR IN STOCK ROOM. MUST DEFROST TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION ON FOOD.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED NO SUMMARY REPORT FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTION ON 9-8-2017, REPORT #2081751. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-42-010(B).
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED NO SUMMARY REPORT FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTION ON 9-8-2017, REPORT #2081751. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-42-010(B).

When was Dollar General Store last inspected?

Dollar General Store has 2 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2017.

Dollar General Store vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 March 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.