Sharps Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2013
• address1559 S Kostner Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sharps Food clean?

Sharps Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sharps Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2013, 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 • THE FREEZER HAS ICE BUILDUP INSIDE, DEFROST AND CLEAN THE FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE BATHROOM FLOORS ARE DIRTY, CLEAN THE FLOORS IN DETAIL.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE BATHROOM FLOORS ARE DIRTY, CLEAN THE FLOORS IN DETAIL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • THE BATHROOM WALLS ARE DIRTY, CLEAN AND PAINT AS NEEDED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • THE BATHROOM WALLS ARE DIRTY, CLEAN AND PAINT AS NEEDED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • THE BATHROOM FAN IS BROKEN, REPAIR THE BATHROOM VENTILATION.

When was Sharps Food last inspected?

Sharps Food has 1 inspection on record going back to November 5, 2013.

Sharps Food 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 71% 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 5, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.