S. A. A. Food & Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2012
• address2561 E 75Th St, Chicago 60649
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is S. A. A. Food & Liquors clean?

S. A. A. Food & Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2012. 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 S. A. A. Food & Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • REACH IN COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURE OF 47.9F.COOLER MUST MAINTAIN 40F OR BELOW.MUST COOLER MUST BE TAGGED.HELD FOR INSPECTION. DO NOT USE UNIT.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MAINTAINED INSIDE REACH IN COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES.(EGGS AT 50.4F,MILK AT 46.4F-49.8F),WAS REMOVED AND DISCARDED,-CDI-TOTAL COST APPROX $75.00,TOTAL 40LBS.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • COOLERS ON PREMISES,USED/UNUSED NOT CLEAN INTERIOR/EXTERIOR,UNSED HOT PLATE AREA IN REAR.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN ON PREMISES AND FLOORS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER..MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN. AND REPAIR FLOORS BEHIND COUNTER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NOT CLEAN ON PREMISES AND FLOORS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER..MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN. AND REPAIR FLOORS BEHIND COUNTER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OPENINGS IN WALLS/CEILING.MUST SEAL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OPENINGS IN WALLS/CEILING.MUST SEAL.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND ARTICLES NOT USING FROM REAR.ALSO UNSED,UNCLEAN COOKING EQUIPMENT/HOT PLATE.
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE SMOKING ON PREMISES BEHIND FRONT COUNTERIN PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE SMOKING IS NOT ALLOWED ON PREMISES.EMPLOYEE PUT CIGARETTE OUT.CDI CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015
  No Smoking Regulations • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE SMOKING ON PREMISES BEHIND FRONT COUNTERIN PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE SMOKING IS NOT ALLOWED ON PREMISES.EMPLOYEE PUT CIGARETTE OUT.CDI CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015

When was S. A. A. Food & Liquors last inspected?

S. A. A. Food & Liquors has 8 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2010.

S. A. A. Food & Liquors vs South Shore

South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.

Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 18, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.