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Spot Stop Deli & Grocery
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2025
- address1122 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Spot Stop Deli & Grocery clean?
Spot Stop Deli & Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 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 Spot Stop Deli & Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE FOR HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE FRONT PREP AREA.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED IN THE ICE MACHINE WITH HANDLE INSIDE OF FOOD ITEM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO STORE ICE SCOOPS WITH THE HANDLE UP AND OUT OF FOOD ITEM TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED IN THE ICE MACHINE WITH HANDLE INSIDE OF FOOD ITEM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO STORE ICE SCOOPS WITH THE HANDLE UP AND OUT OF FOOD ITEM TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT FOOD EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER(S) MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE(S) ON SITE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT FOOD EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER(S) MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE(S) ON SITE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
When was Spot Stop Deli & Grocery last inspected?
Spot Stop Deli & Grocery has 4 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | — |
Spot Stop Deli & Grocery vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 July 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.