Lawrence Shell

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 8, 2020 →
• address4800 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Lawrence Shell clean?

Lawrence Shell is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 8, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lawrence Shell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events

When was Lawrence Shell last inspected?

Lawrence Shell has 4 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2013.

Lawrence Shell vs Uptown

Uptown runs 80% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 268 clean, 60 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 May 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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