Special Blend

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 29, 2011
• address5214 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Special Blend clean?

Special Blend is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 29, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Special Blend?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.MUST STILL REPAIR LEAKY PIPE UNDER HAND SINK.
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations • Smoking shall be prohibited in all public places except in designated smoking areas.UPON REINSPECTION,OBSERVED MANAGER SMOKING INSIDE FRONT OF STORE,PUBIC PLACE AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.NO SMOKING SIGNS POSTED.INSTRUCTED MANAGER NO SMOKING IS ALLOWED IN STORE,ONLY OUTSIDE 15FT FROM DOOR.MANAGER DISPOSED OF CIGARETTE. CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015
  No Smoking Regulations • Smoking shall be prohibited in all public places except in designated smoking areas.UPON REINSPECTION,OBSERVED MANAGER SMOKING INSIDE FRONT OF STORE,PUBIC PLACE AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.NO SMOKING SIGNS POSTED.INSTRUCTED MANAGER NO SMOKING IS ALLOWED IN STORE,ONLY OUTSIDE 15FT FROM DOOR.MANAGER DISPOSED OF CIGARETTE. CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015

When was Special Blend last inspected?

Special Blend has 5 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2010.

Special Blend vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

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  clean · November 5, 2010
• ✕ Rubi Grocery
  cooked · September 8, 2010
• ✓ Trino's Pizzeria
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• ✓! Barbacoa El Perico
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• ✓ Taqueria La Siudad
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• ✓ Super Furniture & Food Mart
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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 29, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.