Grand Shell

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 28, 2020
• address505 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Grand Shell clean?

Grand Shell is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Grand Shell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT CLEANUP KIT ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FACILITY BAG ICE ON SITE FOR RETAIL SALE, ICE MAKER LOCATED IN CUSTOMERS AREA WITH NO HAND WASH SINK IN AREA, INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE ICE MAKER AWAY FROM CUSTOMERS REACH NEAR A HAND WASH SINK. MANAGER UNPLUGGED MACHINE, AND WILL BE RELOCATING IT NEAR HAND WASH SINK AWAY FROM CUSTOMERS REACH. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Grand Shell last inspected?

Grand Shell has 7 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2010.

Grand Shell vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 May 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.