Melissa's Food & Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 7, 2019
• address3867 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Melissa's Food & Liquors clean?

Melissa's Food & Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2019. 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 Melissa's Food & Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • **NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES PROVIDE FOR VOMIT OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • NOTED THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR WITH A 1/4" GAP. MUST REPAIR AND MAINATIN TO PREVENT ENTRY POINT FOR PESTS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED THE DISPLAY SHELVING DIRTY. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE AND/OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER IN THE STORAGE ROOMS AND BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER. MUST ELEVATE STOCK 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL FOR CLEANING AND PEST MONITORING. POP AND MILK CRATES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, MUST BE ABLE TO EASILY CLEAN AND MONITOR UNDERNEATH. • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGH OUT PREMISES ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WALL BASE, IN CORNERS AND UNDERNEATH ALL THE POP AND MILK CRATES.

When was Melissa's Food & Liquors last inspected?

Melissa's Food & Liquors has 1 inspection on record going back to May 7, 2019.

Melissa's Food & Liquors vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 May 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.