Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 29, 2026 →
• address2976-2978 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery clean?

Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 29, 2026. 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 Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

When was Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery last inspected?

Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery has 29 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Kurowski Sausage Shop & Rich's Bakery vs Avondale

Avondale runs 82% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 280 clean, 57 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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