Ogden Amstar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 22, 2018 →
• address3939 W Ogden Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Ogden Amstar clean?

Ogden Amstar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 22, 2018. 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 Ogden Amstar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Ogden Amstar last inspected?

Ogden Amstar has 3 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2011.

Ogden Amstar vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 80% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 29 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in North Lawndale

• ✓ Osama Food Inc.
  clean · March 24, 2014
• ? El Nino
  cooked · February 24, 2011
• ? M G Grocery Co
  cooked · December 11, 2013
• ? Chicago Wings
  cooked · February 25, 2013
• ? Richard's Place
  cooked · July 28, 2010
• ✓ The Courtyard Seven Ii, Inc.
  clean · March 2, 2010

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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 October 22, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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