Huerta's Grocery Store

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 28, 2025
• address6509 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Huerta's Grocery Store clean?

Huerta's Grocery Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Huerta's Grocery Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE REACH IN COOLERS AND DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED A SMALL 1/4" GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENTRANCE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE/REPLACE SEAL/DOOR-SWEEP TO PROVIDE A TIGHT-FITTING SEAL TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF FOOD ITEMS, SUCH AS CASES OF WATER AND 2-LITER SODA POPS, STORED ON THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF FOOD ITEMS, SUCH AS CASES OF WATER AND 2-LITER SODA POPS, STORED ON THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED ON THE FLOOR THORUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, REAR STORAGE AREAS AND IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" FROM THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS IN THE REAR STROAGE AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHROOM HANDWASHING SINK WITHOUT A WASTE RECEPTACLE WITH COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHROOM HANDWASHING SINK WITHOUT A WASTE RECEPTACLE WITH COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNUSED/BROKEN EQUIPMENT STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA AND IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Huerta's Grocery Store last inspected?

Huerta's Grocery Store has 2 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2021.

Huerta's Grocery Store vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 May 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.