John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2020
• address260-264 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor clean?

John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2020. 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 John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 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 WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE POSTED ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED REAR STORAGE AREA FLOORS IN NEED OF SWEEPING UNDER LIQUOR STORAGE RACKS. MUST MAINTAIN.

When was John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor last inspected?

John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2015.

John Liquors/L&J Food & Liquor 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 21% 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 August 25, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.