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Helen's Grocery & Liquor
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 15, 2022
- address2300 W 21St St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Helen's Grocery & Liquor clean?
Helen's Grocery & Liquor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 15, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Helen's Grocery & Liquor?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Helen's Grocery & Liquor last inspected?
Helen's Grocery & Liquor has 1 inspection on record going back to March 15, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | Pass |
Helen's Grocery & Liquor vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 March 15, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.