Happy Food - Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 21, 2020
• address7901 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Happy Food - Liquor clean?

Happy Food - Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 21, 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 Happy Food - Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2020, 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 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. SUPPLIES MUST INCLUDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER THAT ELIMINATES NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES TO PROPERLY HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN) FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN) FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED EXCESS CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN THE FACILITY BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEAN ALL CLUTTER, ORGANIZE, ELEVATE ITEMS ATLEAST 6 INCHES FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AREAS AT ALL TIMES
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED NON-FUNCTIONING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN 1 OF 2 EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS (WASHROOM NEAREST FRONT COUNTER/BASEMENT ENTRANCE). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN. • 6-501.14 OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DUST/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE WASHROOM EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN (LOCATED NEAREST REAR MANAGER OFFICE). MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED NON-FUNCTIONING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN 1 OF 2 EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS (WASHROOM NEAREST FRONT COUNTER/BASEMENT ENTRANCE). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN. • 6-501.14 OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DUST/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE WASHROOM EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN (LOCATED NEAREST REAR MANAGER OFFICE). MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Happy Food - Liquor last inspected?

Happy Food - Liquor has 6 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010.

Happy Food - Liquor vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

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  clean · January 24, 2013
• ✕ Sweet Market Inc.
  cooked · March 11, 2013
• ✓ 79Th Food Mart, Inc
  clean · February 19, 2013
• ✓! Harold's Chicken
  mid · May 17, 2013
• ✓ Burger King #181
  clean · June 16, 2014
• ✓ Cytee's Foodon The Go
  clean · March 20, 2013

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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 April 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.