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.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

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 76% clean across 140 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 25 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 140 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 April 13, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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