Express Food And Liquor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2014
• address3904 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Express Food And Liquor clean?

Express Food And Liquor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Express Food And Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELF OVER THE ICE CREAM FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL. OBSERVED THE REAR BOX FREEZER LID IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELF OVER THE ICE CREAM FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL. OBSERVED THE REAR BOX FREEZER LID IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FRONT FAST FOOD AREA SLICER, HOT HOLDING UNIT TRAYS, NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ALSO CLEAN FLAT GRILL DRIP TRAY, INTERIOR OF THE HOT HOLDING UNIT, WALK-IN COOLER FAN GUARD COVERS(DUSTY),INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO FOUND EXCESSIVE ICE IN THE REAR BOX FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE REAR DISH AREA FLOOR BARE CONCRETE, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL/TILE. ALSO OBSERVED MISSING TILES ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO OBSERVED PAINTED FLOOR FRONT PRRLING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL/TILE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE REAR DISH AREA FLOOR BARE CONCRETE, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL/TILE. ALSO OBSERVED MISSING TILES ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO OBSERVED PAINTED FLOOR FRONT PRRLING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL/TILE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MANY MISSING AND WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT STORE, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO OBSERVED REAR STORAGE AREA WEST WALL WATER DAMAGED, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. OBSERVED THE FRONT CEILING VENTS DUSTY, AND SOUTH VENTS LEAKING WATER INTO A PAN ON THE COUNTER, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MANY MISSING AND WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT STORE, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO OBSERVED REAR STORAGE AREA WEST WALL WATER DAMAGED, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. OBSERVED THE FRONT CEILING VENTS DUSTY, AND SOUTH VENTS LEAKING WATER INTO A PAN ON THE COUNTER, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN THE MILK COOLER AND FRONT MEAT COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR THE HOT HOLDING FOOD.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN THE MILK COOLER AND FRONT MEAT COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR THE HOT HOLDING FOOD.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER IN REAR, INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.

When was Express Food And Liquor last inspected?

Express Food And Liquor has 13 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Express Food And Liquor vs Fuller Park

Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 September 3, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.