State Garden Food & Liq

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 26, 2013
• address5701 S State St, Chicago 60621
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is State Garden Food & Liq clean?

State Garden Food & Liq is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 26, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at State Garden Food & Liq?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 26, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD(ICE) NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED DURING PREPARATION. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 100LBS OF ICE INDIVIDUALLY PORTIONED FOR SALE WITHOUT THE REQUIRED HAND WASHING AND DISH WASHING FACILITIES INSTALLED. MUST CEASE AND DESIST REPACKAGING ICE UNTIL A THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND EXPOSED HAND SINK ARE INSTALLED ON SITE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL RAW WOOD SHELVES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST SEAL RAW WOOD SHELVES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN DETAIL SINKS AND ALL DIRTY SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST BETTER ORGANIZE REAR AREAS.

When was State Garden Food & Liq last inspected?

State Garden Food & Liq has 4 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2012.

State Garden Food & Liq vs Washington Park

Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 26, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.