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Save-A-Lot
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 2, 2022
- address344 E 63Rd St, Chicago 60637
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Save-A-Lot clean?
Save-A-Lot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 2, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Save-A-Lot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 2, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN VARIOUS AREAS IN NEED OF CLEANING: DAIRY WALK-IN COOLER, STORAGE AREAS, UNDER STORAGE SHELVES AND BETWEEN SHELVES WHERE NEEDED IN THE STORE AISLES. • OBSERVED CEILING TILES THROUGH OUT IN POOR REPAIR (WATER DAMAGED AND/OR MISSING). MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND NO COVER ON THE FLOOR DRAIN IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA IN FRONT OF THE GREASE TRAP; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A COVER FOR DRAIN.
When was Save-A-Lot last inspected?
Save-A-Lot has 20 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| November 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2015 | Fail |
Save-A-Lot vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 November 2, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.