Payless Food & Tobacco

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 5, 2011
• address7400 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Payless Food & Tobacco clean?

Payless Food & Tobacco is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 5, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Payless Food & Tobacco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 5, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY NOR CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN COOKED GROUND BEEF (160.1F) IS PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN ALL AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN ALL AREAS.

When was Payless Food & Tobacco last inspected?

Payless Food & Tobacco has 7 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2010.

Payless Food & Tobacco vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 July 5, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.