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Lake Grocery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2014
- address2759 W Lake St, Chicago 60612
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Lake Grocery clean?
Lake Grocery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 10, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lake Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND THE PREP TABLE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND THE PREP TABLE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED CLEANING ALONG THE WALL BASE IN THE REAR PREP AREA TO REMOVE DEBRIS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED CLEANING ALONG THE WALL BASE IN THE REAR PREP AREA TO REMOVE DEBRIS.
When was Lake Grocery last inspected?
Lake Grocery has 5 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| October 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2012 | Fail |
Lake Grocery vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 10, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.