Sam Food & Liquor

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 2, 2014 →
• address124 W 95Th St, Chicago 60628
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sam Food & Liquor clean?

Sam Food & Liquor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sam Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
• ⚠️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
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored

When was Sam Food & Liquor last inspected?

Sam Food & Liquor has 4 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2012.

Sam Food & Liquor vs Roseland

Roseland runs 78% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 18 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Roseland

• ✓ Sam Food & Liquor
  clean · September 4, 2012
• ✓ Ms. D's Candy Shop
  clean · September 22, 2016
• ✓ Yummy Bite
  cooked · October 30, 2013
• ✓ Save A Lot Market #24931
  cooked · December 22, 2014
• ✓ 95Th Market Store
  cooked · October 18, 2012
• ✓ Parnell Supermarket
  clean · October 19, 2012

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 December 2, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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