Family Dollar Store #6542

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 25, 2021
• address2346 E 79Th St, Chicago 60649
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Family Dollar Store #6542 clean?

Family Dollar Store #6542 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 25, 2021. 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 Family Dollar Store #6542?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2021, 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 OR KIT 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.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIORS OF THE MILK COOLER AND ICE CREAM FREEZER AT THE BOTTOM.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN TOILETS AND SINKS IN BOTH WASHROOMS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN TOILETS AND SINKS IN BOTH WASHROOMS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOME WATER STAINED CEILING TILE IN THE SELLING FLOOR AREA; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS AND WALLS IN BOTH WASHROOMS, CLEAN WALL AROUND MOP SINK AND CLEAN INTERIOR OF MOP SINK. CLEAN THE VENT FANS IN WASHROOMS ON THE CEILINGS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.

When was Family Dollar Store #6542 last inspected?

Family Dollar Store #6542 has 2 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2020.

Family Dollar Store #6542 vs South Shore

South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.

Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 May 25, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.