Southport Grocery And Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 16, 2023
• address3552 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Southport Grocery And Cafe clean?

Southport Grocery And Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Southport Grocery And Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR TOP AND BIN OF ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS NOT CLEAN(BEGINING OF PINK SUBSTANCE). ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ANY PRODUCTS REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CONTAINER MUST HAVE A LABEL WITH COMMON NAME.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • RUSTED BASE OF PREP TABLES AND SCRATCHED SURFACE MUST RESTORE TO A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE OR REPLACE IN REAR PREP AREA • ICE BUILD-UP AT CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE REACH FREEZER.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ISSUE • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • BUILD-UP DUST AND FLOUR BEHIND OVENS AT BAKERY AREA. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD BOXES AS MATTING FOR FLOORS TO STORE BUCKETS. MATTING MUST BE WASHABLE/CLEANABLE. OR PROVIDE RAISED SHELVES
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • EMPLOYEES PERSONAL ITEMS ARE STORED AT STORAGE AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE AREA/LOCKER FOR EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS. NO EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS MUST BE STORED IN PREP AREA/FOOD STORAGE
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • EMPLOYEES PERSONAL ITEMS ARE STORED AT STORAGE AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE AREA/LOCKER FOR EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS. NO EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS MUST BE STORED IN PREP AREA/FOOD STORAGE

When was Southport Grocery And Cafe last inspected?

Southport Grocery And Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Southport Grocery And Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 May 16, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.