Family Dollar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 13, 2014
• address8915 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Family Dollar clean?

Family Dollar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 13, 2014. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 13, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOTED 2-4-14 ON REPORT# 1395950 NOT CORRECTED. OVERFLOWING TRASH IN ALL DUMPSTERS FOUND, AND ONE OF THE GARBAGE RECEPTACLES RIGHT LID WAS BURNED OFF. A FORMAL REQUEST HAS BEEN PUT IN TO GARBAGE COMPANY TO REPLACE LID OR RECEPTACLE. OVERFLOWING TRASH AND BOXES REMOVED FROM RECEPTACLES. NON COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING VIOLATION-CRITICAL 7-42-090.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOTED 2-4-14 ON REPORT# 1395950 NOT CORRECTED. OVERFLOWING TRASH IN ALL DUMPSTERS FOUND, AND ONE OF THE GARBAGE RECEPTACLES RIGHT LID WAS BURNED OFF. A FORMAL REQUEST HAS BEEN PUT IN TO GARBAGE COMPANY TO REPLACE LID OR RECEPTACLE. OVERFLOWING TRASH AND BOXES REMOVED FROM RECEPTACLES. NON COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING VIOLATION-CRITICAL 7-42-090.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CORRECTED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL ARTICLES AND STOCK MUST BE STORED/DISPLAYED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT( INCLUDING DISPLAY SHELVES ON SALES FLOOR).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL ARTICLES AND STOCK MUST BE STORED/DISPLAYED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT( INCLUDING DISPLAY SHELVES ON SALES FLOOR).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR HOLES/OPENINGS AT CENTERS OF FRONT AND REAR DOUBLE DOORS. REPAIR HOLES IN WALLS BY FRONT DOORS. SEAL LOOSE WALL COVE IN REAR STORAGE AREA. CLEAN DUST BUILD-UP FROM EXHAUST FANS IN BOTH WASHROOMS
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR HOLES/OPENINGS AT CENTERS OF FRONT AND REAR DOUBLE DOORS. REPAIR HOLES IN WALLS BY FRONT DOORS. SEAL LOOSE WALL COVE IN REAR STORAGE AREA. CLEAN DUST BUILD-UP FROM EXHAUST FANS IN BOTH WASHROOMS
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIMINATE MASSIVE CLUTTER IN REAR STORAGE ROOM. ALL STOCK MUST BE STORED ELEVATED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS. ALL CLUTTER (PEST HARBORAGE AREAS) MUST BE ELIMINATED.

When was Family Dollar last inspected?

Family Dollar has 6 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2010.

Family Dollar vs Burnside

Burnside runs 65% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Burnside, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

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• ✓ Woodlawn Food Market
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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 February 13, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.