Food Stop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 21, 2019
• address3734 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Food Stop clean?

Food Stop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 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 Food Stop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11-NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE CLEANING SUPPLIES KIT. PRIORIIY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-201.11- MUST DEFROST THE ICE CREAM FREEZER WUITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • 5-103.11(B)- NO HOT RUNNING WATER IN THE WASHROOM AND MOP SINK. WATER TEMPERATURE AT 57.9 DEGREE F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREE F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)(CITATION WAS ISSUED ON 1474 LICENSE REPORT #2345871). HOT WATER ON SITE WITH A TEMP OF 100.F, 11/21/19
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • 5-103.11(B)- NO HOT RUNNING WATER IN THE WASHROOM AND MOP SINK. WATER TEMPERATURE AT 57.9 DEGREE F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREE F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)(CITATION WAS ISSUED ON 1474 LICENSE REPORT #2345871). HOT WATER ON SITE WITH A TEMP OF 100.F, 11/21/19

When was Food Stop last inspected?

Food Stop has 2 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2019.

Food Stop 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 30% 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 November 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.