Shell

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 25, 2019
• address6659 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60621
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Shell clean?

Shell is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 25, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Shell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY ITEMS ON PREMISES IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO EXPOSED HANDSINKS ON PREMISES IN AREA WHERE SELF SERVE COFFEE MACHINE IS LOCATED OR IN DISHWASHING AREA. THE EMPLOYEES HANDLE COFFEE BY PLACING COFFEE GRINDS IN FILTER AND THEN INTO MACHINE TO BREW. MUST INSTALL HANDSINKS IN BOTH AREAS FOR HANDWASHING WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND HAND TOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF COOLER AND ON SELLING FLOOR.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST PROVIDE A BACKFLOW DEVICE ON THE UTILITY SINK TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE FLOOR OF THE DISHWASHING EXPOSING PIPES AND DIRT. ALSO OBSERVED SEVERAL HOLES IN THE GROUND SURROUNDING THE BUILDING FOR REPAIRS; INSTRUCTED TO SEAL AS SOON AS REPAIRS ARE MADE. • CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT STORE WHERE NEEDED IN STORAGE AREA, DISHWASHING AREA AND WALK-IN COOLER. CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED IN WASHROOM AND CEILING VENTS. • MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN REAR STORAGE ROOM; REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO AVOID CLUTTER.

When was Shell last inspected?

Shell has 4 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2012.

Shell vs Englewood

Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Englewood

• ✕ Family Food Market
  cooked · May 4, 2010
• ✓! Halsted Groceries
  mid · July 19, 2021
• ✓ Roxanne Food Mart, Inc.
  clean · August 22, 2016
• ✓ Mobil Gas Station
  clean · April 13, 2015
• ✓ Asel
  clean · August 30, 2012
• ? Brown Chicken
  cooked · September 7, 2012

See every restaurant inspection in Englewood →

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 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.