Lil Bjs Variety Shop

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 23, 2024 →
• address405 E 69Th St, Chicago 60637
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Lil Bjs Variety Shop clean?

Lil Bjs Variety Shop is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lil Bjs Variety Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was Lil Bjs Variety Shop last inspected?

Lil Bjs Variety Shop has 3 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2022.

Lil Bjs Variety Shop vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 81% clean across 226 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 24 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 226 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 October 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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