Dollar Station & Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 28, 2017
• address3959 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Dollar Station & Grocery clean?

Dollar Station & Grocery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 28, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Dollar Station & Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST ICE FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN. RAW WOOD SHELVING ON THE KEDZIE AVE SIDE. MUST SEAL THE WOOD OR PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST ICE FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN. RAW WOOD SHELVING ON THE KEDZIE AVE SIDE. MUST SEAL THE WOOD OR PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN IN DETAIL AND SANITIZE THE 3 COMPT SINK AND WASHBOWL SINK IN THE WASHROOM AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR THRU-OUT ESTABLISHMENT ALONG THE WALL BASE ALL CORNER AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR THRU-OUT ESTABLISHMENT ALONG THE WALL BASE ALL CORNER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES/PANELS THRU-OUT. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. GAP BETWEEN THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE REAR ABOVE THE TABLE CLOTH SHELVINGS. MUST SEAL GAP AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES/PANELS THRU-OUT. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. GAP BETWEEN THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE REAR ABOVE THE TABLE CLOTH SHELVINGS. MUST SEAL GAP AND MAINTAIN.

When was Dollar Station & Grocery last inspected?

Dollar Station & Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2017.

Dollar Station & Grocery vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 28, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.