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Paradise Grocery Inc.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2024
- address8101 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Paradise Grocery Inc. clean?
Paradise Grocery Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Paradise Grocery Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • THE TO GO CONTAINERS AT THE FRONT FOOD AND REAR PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • THE TO GO CONTAINERS AT THE FRONT FOOD AND REAR PREP AREA NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • GREASE AND DIRT BUILDUP ON THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • THERE'S A LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDERT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE MIDDLE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA WITH FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • MOP STORED INSIDE OF MOP BUCKET WITH DIRT WATER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE HANGING UP FOR PROPER AIR DRYING WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER ON SITE WITH NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER ON SITE WITH NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.
When was Paradise Grocery Inc. last inspected?
Paradise Grocery Inc. has 13 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2017 | Fail |
Paradise Grocery Inc. vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.