Nelson Food & Liquor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 7, 2022
• address3201 W 63Rd Pl, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Nelson Food & Liquor clean?

Nelson Food & Liquor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Nelson Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2022, 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 • 4-101.19: OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES AND MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13: OBSERVED DUST, DIRT AND DEBRIS ON SHELVING UNITS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AND IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Nelson Food & Liquor last inspected?

Nelson Food & Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2022.

Nelson Food & Liquor vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

Other spots in Chicago Lawn

• ✓ Nelson Food & Liquor
  clean · April 7, 2022
• ✓ Adas Food Market Incorporated
  clean · March 31, 2022
• ✓ Onesti Pizzeria
  clean · October 22, 2025
• ✓ Big Moe's Food Mart Inc
  clean · April 26, 2022
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  clean · June 12, 2026
• ✓ Amen Supermarket Inc
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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 7, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.