Racine Food & General Merchandise

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2017 →
• address5500 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Racine Food & General Merchandise clean?

Racine Food & General Merchandise is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Racine Food & General Merchandise?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded

When was Racine Food & General Merchandise last inspected?

Racine Food & General Merchandise has 6 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2012.

Racine Food & General Merchandise vs New City

New City runs 74% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 44 mid, 17 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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.

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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 January 5, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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