Karan Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2020
• address3402 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Karan Food & Liquor clean?

Karan Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 19, 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 Karan Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 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/PROCEDURE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, AND CORRESPONDING EQUIPMENT OUTLINE IN PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD IN REAR AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. MUST SEAL OR PAINT ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES TO MAKE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND NON-POROUS. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HOLES ON WALLS AND CEILING IN STAIRWELL. MUST MAKE ALL REPAIRS TO MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND WITHOUT GAPS OR HOLES TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY. MUST MAINTAIN SAME. OBSERVED LIQUID ON FLOOR UNDER LIQUOR STORAGE SHELVES IN BASEMENT. MUST KEEP CLEAN AND DRY. MUST ELEVATE ALL STOCK IN STORAGE ROOMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.

When was Karan Food & Liquor last inspected?

Karan Food & Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to October 15, 2020.

Karan Food & Liquor vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 48% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓! Karan Food & Liquor
  mid · October 19, 2020
• ✓ Green Eye Lounge
  clean · October 19, 2020
• ✓ Ravinia Brewing Company
  clean · April 6, 2021
• ✕ Ravinia Brewing Company
  cooked · August 13, 2025
• ✓ Ravinia Brewing Company
  clean · April 6, 2021
• ✓! El Taconazo Express
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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 October 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.