Happy Grocery & Dollar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2017
• address1065 W Granville Ave, Chicago 60660
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Happy Grocery & Dollar clean?

Happy Grocery & Dollar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 16, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Happy Grocery & Dollar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • TOILET SEAT AT STAFF WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR(HEAVILY STAINED AND SURFACE IS POROUS),NOT CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • TOILET SEAT AT STAFF WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR(HEAVILY STAINED AND SURFACE IS POROUS),NOT CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL STOCK IN SELLING AREA AND INSIDE THE STORAGE AREA AND BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER, MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF THE FLOOR
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL STOCK IN SELLING AREA AND INSIDE THE STORAGE AREA AND BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER, MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF THE FLOOR
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED AND BROKEN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,NEED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED AND BROKEN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,NEED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE IS NEEDED AT WATER LINE AT MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETER AT REACH-IN COOLER(MILK-EGGS ETC)
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETER AT REACH-IN COOLER(MILK-EGGS ETC)
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • TOO MANY UNORGANIZE ITEMS ON FLOOR AND ON SHELVES BEHIND THE FRONT COUTER.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ORGANIZE WHAT NEEDED AND MAINTAIN.

When was Happy Grocery & Dollar last inspected?

Happy Grocery & Dollar has 2 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2017.

Happy Grocery & Dollar vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 August 16, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.