Franklin Food & Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2020
• address501 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60612
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Franklin Food & Liquors clean?

Franklin Food & Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 19, 2020. 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 Franklin Food & Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE OR NECESSARY ITEMS AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIAARHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN NEED OF DEEP CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN NEED OF DEEP CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTSIDE AREA BEAR RECEPTACLE WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GARBAGE , BROKEN EQUIPMENT, TRASH, LIQUOR BOTTLES, AND CRATES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL SAID ITEMS FROM INSIDE GATED AREA AND MAINTAIN FREE OF HARBORING SPACES FOR PEST.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTSIDE AREA BEAR RECEPTACLE WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GARBAGE , BROKEN EQUIPMENT, TRASH, LIQUOR BOTTLES, AND CRATES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL SAID ITEMS FROM INSIDE GATED AREA AND MAINTAIN FREE OF HARBORING SPACES FOR PEST.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TRASH, BOXES FILLED WITH OPENED BOTTLES OF LIQUORS ACCUMULATED ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT LARGE LIQUOR STORAGE AREA OF FACILITY ESPECIALLY UNDER CRATES USED FOR ELEVATION.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL LIQUOR AND BEER STORAGE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISE, CLEAN FLOORS AND REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS . INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST MAINTAIN.

When was Franklin Food & Liquors last inspected?

Franklin Food & Liquors has 4 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2012.

Franklin Food & Liquors vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in East Garfield Park

• ✓ Franklin Food & Liquors
  clean · October 4, 2012
• ✓ Washington Food Mart & Cellular
  clean · January 29, 2015
• ✓ Westside Gyros
  clean · March 6, 2014
• ✓ Three Brothers Food Mart
  clean · October 7, 2016
• ✓ Shop & Sale Inc
  clean · November 1, 2012
• ✓ Yori's Harolds
  clean · November 28, 2012

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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 August 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.