Nickel Food

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 26, 2018
• address3637 W Division St, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Nickel Food clean?

Nickel Food is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Nickel Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • FOUND THE ONLY TOILET ON PREMISES INOPERABLE AND UNABLE TO FLUSH: FACILITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL TOILET AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUSTED TO CONTACT A PLUMBER TO REPAIR TOILET AND MAINTAIN. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT ACTIVITY ON PREMISES: FOUND APPROXIMATELY 20 MICE DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR AND STORAGE RACKS IN THE REAR STORAGE ROOM. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS REQUIRED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE ACTIVITY. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANTIIZE INFECTED AREAS AFTER DROPPINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED BROKEN CEILING TILES AND WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES ABOVE THE GENERAL SHOPPING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN AND WATER DAMAGED TILES AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED BROKEN CEILING TILES AND WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES ABOVE THE GENERAL SHOPPING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN AND WATER DAMAGED TILES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED A SEVERE LEAK UNDER THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR WITH WATER POOLING ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA AROUND THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL MOISTURE FROM THE FLOOR IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA AND CONTACT A PLUMBER TO REPAIR THE LEAK UNDER THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK.

When was Nickel Food last inspected?

Nickel Food has 4 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2015.

Nickel Food 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 16% of them.

Other spots in Humboldt Park

• ✓ Thomas Food & Dollar Plus, Inc
  clean · July 30, 2015
• ✓ Flash Food Mart
  clean · February 24, 2020
• ✓ Avers Food Market
  clean · September 26, 2016
• ✓! Gourmet Gorilla
  mid · March 4, 2016
• ✓ Avers Place
  clean · September 23, 2015
• ✓ K & K Grocery Store Inc.
  clean · September 21, 2015

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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 June 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.