J&R Liquor & Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2021
• address2401 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60614
• cuisineLiquor

Is J&R Liquor & Food clean?

J&R Liquor & Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at J&R Liquor & Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMIT/DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING INSIDE COOLERS.----RAW WOODEN SHELVING IN THE WASHROOM MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK CANNOT BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. MUST PROVIDE A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A LID FOR THE WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. • NOTED EXTREMELY DIRTY TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A LID FOR THE WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. • NOTED EXTREMELY DIRTY TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL UNUSED COOLERS IN GROCERY AREA AND BASEMENT MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. ALL UNNECESSARY STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY MUST BE REMOVED, ALL OTHER ITEMS MUST BE STORED ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED.-----EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THROUGHOUT THE FRONT CASHIER AREA, SHELVING, FLOORS ETC. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE AREA.

When was J&R Liquor & Food last inspected?

J&R Liquor & Food has 1 inspection on record going back to February 4, 2021.

J&R Liquor & Food vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓! J&R Liquor & Food
  mid · February 4, 2021
• ✓ Marz Community Brewing Co.
  clean · February 11, 2021
• ✓ Panera Bread
  clean · April 8, 2025
• ✓ Marz Community Brewing Co.
  clean · March 12, 2021
• ✓ Bucktown Liquor City
  clean · August 13, 2021
• ✓ Marz Community Brewing Co.
  clean · April 2, 2021

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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 February 4, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.