Save A Lot

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 27, 2015
• address3939 W Ogden Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Save A Lot clean?

Save A Lot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 27, 2015. 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 27, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES IN THE REAR BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND IN THE MEAT WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SHELVES IN THE REAR WITH MINOR DIRT AND DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT IN NEED OF MINOR CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT AND DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT IN NEED OF MINOR CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT AND DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED VENTS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED VENTS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED LIGHT SHIELDS ARE NEEDED ON THE LIGHTBULBS LOCATED ABOVE THE PRODUCE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BURNT OUT LIGHTING IN THE MILK WALK IN COOLER AND WALK IN FREEZER LOCATED IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED SINK STOPPERS NEEDED AT BOTH 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Save A Lot last inspected?

Save A Lot has 8 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2011.

Save A Lot vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 27, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.