Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc.

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 26, 2013
• address2858 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60612
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc. clean?

Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc. is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 26, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 26, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow • STANDING WASTE WATER IN BASEMENT AREA, FLOODED CATCH BASIN NOT PROPERLY DRAINING, CLOSED BY DEPT. OF BUILDING CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-030
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO EXPOSED HAND SINK ON SITE AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, PREMISES SELL NACHOS AND CHEESE, MUST BE ABLE TO WASH HANDS, CLOSED BY DEPT. OF BUILDING CRITICAL CRITICAL ISSUES: 7-38-030
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • OBSERVED FRONT AND SIDE DOORS NOT RODENT PROOF, APPROX., 1/4 GAP OPENING AT BOTTOM OF DOORS, AND OBSERVED 20 PLUS RODENT DROPPINGS NOTED, MUST ALSO PROVIDE A UP TO DATE PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK WITH ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INSIDE BOOK, A MAP IS NEEDED, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-020
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE, WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE ON SITE, AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, INSTRUCTED TO ENROLL IN A CLASS AND A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES FOODS ARE COOKED AND PREPARED, AND FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE POSTED AND AVAILABLE, OPEN CHEESE SAUCE STORED INSIDE COOLER AT 35'F, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-012
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED, NOT CLEAN COVERED WITH WASTE, AND NO THREE SINK STOPPERS, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-030
  Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED, NOT CLEAN COVERED WITH WASTE, AND NO THREE SINK STOPPERS, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-030
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN ALL REACH IN COOLERS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, SHELVING UNITS AND RACKS, LIGHT SHIELDS, DEFROST CHEST FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND ALONG WALL BASES. MUST REMOVE AND KEEP DRY WATER FROM BASEMENT FLOOR. MUST REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN LOBBY, MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVERS IN BASEMENT, MUST REPAIR BROKEN CONCRETE IN BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND ALONG WALL BASES. MUST REMOVE AND KEEP DRY WATER FROM BASEMENT FLOOR. MUST REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN LOBBY, MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVERS IN BASEMENT, MUST REPAIR BROKEN CONCRETE IN BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES ON PREMISES, AND CLEAN/REPAINT WALL SURFACES WHERE NEEDED,
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES ON PREMISES, AND CLEAN/REPAINT WALL SURFACES WHERE NEEDED,

When was Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc. last inspected?

Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc. has 3 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2011.

Roosevelt Food & Liquor, Inc. vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 April 26, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.