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Save-A-Lot
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2025
- address4439 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Save-A-Lot clean?
Save-A-Lot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. 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 October 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASH SIGNAGE IN THE MEN AND WOMEN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN BOXES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER, WALK IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN BOXES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER, WALK IN COOLER AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINT WHILE PREPPING FOOD IN MEAT PREPPING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR WHEN PREPARING FOOD.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINT WHILE PREPPING FOOD IN MEAT PREPPING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR WHEN PREPARING FOOD.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR FOOD HANDLER(S). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR FOOD HANDLER(S). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Save-A-Lot last inspected?
Save-A-Lot has 2 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2023 | Pass |
Save-A-Lot vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 October 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.