Homeboy Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2024
• address3851 W Madison St, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Homeboy Grocery clean?

Homeboy Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Homeboy Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF COOLER THAT HOLD PREPACKED TCS FOODS (SLICED DELI MEAT, DAIRY) INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19 OBSERVED TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OBSERVED TRASH SURROUNDING THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE IN THE REAR FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN REFUSE AREA.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 OBSERVED TRASH SURROUNDING THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE IN THE REAR FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN REFUSE AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED FLOORS IN THE REAR STORAGE WITH EXCESSIVE CRACKED AND MISSING TILES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE FLOORS THROUGHOUT SAID AREA AND MAINTAIN.

When was Homeboy Grocery last inspected?

Homeboy Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2024.

Homeboy Grocery vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, 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 January 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.