Pioneer Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2019
• address3959 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Pioneer Food & Liquor clean?

Pioneer Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 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 Pioneer Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 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 • OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING FAN GUARD COVERS IN BEER WALK IN COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM WINDOW SILL BEHIND ICE MACHINE,FAN GUARD COVERS IN WALK IN COOLERS,SHELVES AT SERVICE COUNTER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE OVERHEAD IN BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A GARBAGE CAN WITH A LID FOR TOILET ROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A GARBAGE CAN WITH A LID FOR TOILET ROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER FOOD DISPLAY SHELVES ON SALES FLOOR. • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA,LOOSE WALL BASE ALONG WALL IN REAR LIQUOR STORAGE AREA,STAINED CEILING TILES NEAR SAME AREA.

When was Pioneer Food & Liquor last inspected?

Pioneer Food & Liquor has 1 inspection on record going back to December 10, 2019.

Pioneer Food & Liquor vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 December 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.