J & A Convenient Store

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 11, 2022
• address1108 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is J & A Convenient Store clean?

J & A Convenient Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 11, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at J & A Convenient Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN-UP PROCEDURE ON-PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN-UP PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY ON-PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOME WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES ABOVE SHOPPING AISLES. MUST REPLACE ALL WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES.

When was J & A Convenient Store last inspected?

J & A Convenient Store has 2 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2013.

J & A Convenient Store vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, 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 May 11, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.