Mid Way Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 13, 2020
• address5500 S State St, Chicago 60621
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mid Way Liquors clean?

Mid Way Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 13, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mid Way Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 13, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK IN PREP/DISH WASHING AREA WHERE ICE IS BEING BAGGED FROM ICE MACHINE FOR SALE.MUST INSTALL A HAND SINK WITH HIT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C)
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST STORE ICE SCOOP FROM ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE AND STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MUST STORE ICE SCOOP FROM ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE AND STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE,BEER WALK IN COOLER FAN GUARD COVERS,JUICE & POP REACH IN COOLERS.MUST DEFROST ICE CREAM FREEZER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT,DAMAGED WALL BASES NEAR ICE MACHINE,DAMAGED CEILING ABOVE ICE MACHINE. • MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS NEAR WALK IN COOLER AND ON CEILING IN REAR LIQUOR STORAGE AREA. • MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT. • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER PALLETS.

When was Mid Way Liquors last inspected?

Mid Way Liquors has 5 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2011.

Mid Way Liquors vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 13, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.