E & J Food & Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 25, 2019
• address5439 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is E & J Food & Liquors clean?

E & J Food & Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2019. 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 E & J Food & Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS AROUND AND UNDER SHELVES IN THE STORAGE AREA.

When was E & J Food & Liquors last inspected?

E & J Food & Liquors has 5 inspections on record going back to July 7, 2011.

E & J Food & Liquors vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in New City

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  clean · July 7, 2011
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  clean · March 15, 2011
• ✓ Mobile Prime Gas &Food Mart
  clean · March 15, 2011
• ✓ Oni Atare Foods
  clean · March 14, 2011
• ✓! J & B Gyros # 4
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• ✓! Hareer Food & Liquor
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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 June 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.