Houston Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 27, 2020
• address1829-1831 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Houston Food & Liquor clean?

Houston Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 27, 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 Houston Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND PROCEDURE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED MOP SINK SET UP WITH SOAP, PAPER TOWELS AND EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ONLY WASH HANDS IN HAND WASHING SINK. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY REMOVED ITEMS FROM MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM IN REAR. MUST PROVIDE. • OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON BATHROOM DOOR. MUST PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM IN REAR. MUST PROVIDE. • OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON BATHROOM DOOR. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Houston Food & Liquor last inspected?

Houston Food & Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to April 7, 2016.

Houston Food & Liquor vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Houston Food & Liquor
  clean · April 7, 2016
• ✓ Coffee Joint
  clean · August 27, 2024
• ✓ Cugini Pizza & Eatery
  clean · July 18, 2017
• ✓ Kite String Cantina
  clean · July 8, 2024
• ✓ Kite String Cantina
  clean · July 12, 2016
• ✓ Nomad
  clean · April 5, 2016

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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 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.