Pantry Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 9, 2019
• address9200 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Pantry Express clean?

Pantry Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2019. 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 Pantry Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO EMPLOYEE PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY AND DISCLOSURE FOR MENU FOR UNDERCOOKED FOOD,( HAMBURGERS) SERVED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS SERVED ON PREMISES MUST HAVE A DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE . INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT FRONT HAND SINK
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE . INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD AT FRONT HAND SINK
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO DRAIN BOARD AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST INSTALL
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO DRAIN BOARD AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST INSTALL
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED INTERIOR CABINETS OF DEEP FRYER NOT CLEAN OF GREASE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN/MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON CEILING IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4 LIGHTS ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA COOLER NOT SHIELDED. MUST INSTALL.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4 LIGHTS ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA COOLER NOT SHIELDED. MUST INSTALL.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEE PREARING, COOKING FOODS. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEE PREARING, COOKING FOODS. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Pantry Express last inspected?

Pantry Express has 5 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2018.

Pantry Express vs Burnside

Burnside runs 65% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Burnside, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in Burnside

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  clean · September 29, 2020
• ✓! Flame's
  mid · October 25, 2019
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• ✓ 9300 Food & Liquor Inc
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• ✓ Pantry Express
  clean · May 21, 2021
• ✓ Hot Seafood Market 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 January 9, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.