Tasty Spot Food + Grill

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 13, 2021
• address1508 E 67Th St, Chicago 60637
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Tasty Spot Food + Grill clean?

Tasty Spot Food + Grill is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 13, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Tasty Spot Food + Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • FOUND UNSAFE FOOD IN WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED OVER 20 MOUSE DROPPINGS INSIDE OF A STORAGE CONTAINER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH TWO WHOLE HEADS OF LETTUCE; INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND CLEAN CONTAINER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED. VALUE DISCARDED $3.00critical
  Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • FOUND UNSAFE FOOD IN WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED OVER 20 MOUSE DROPPINGS INSIDE OF A STORAGE CONTAINER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH TWO WHOLE HEADS OF LETTUCE; INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND CLEAN CONTAINER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED. VALUE DISCARDED $3.00
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED RODENT ACTIVITY ON PREMISES. FOUND OVER 2OO MOUSE DROPPINGS ON PREMISES. FOUND 50 DROPPINGS UNDER FRONT COUNTER COLD HOLDING UNITS IN THE PREP AREA, 40 UNDER FRONT SERVING COUNTER STORAGE SHELVES, 10 ALONG THE WALL BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER, 50 UNDER THE STAIRS AND STORAGE SHELF BY THE STORE OFFICE, 40 ON SHELF ACROSS FROM THE OFFICE, 20 IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM ON THE FLOOR, 30 IN REAR STORAGE ROOMS, 30 INSIDE OF FOOD WALK IN COOLER, 15 OUTSIDE OF BEVERAGE WALK-IN COOLER IN THE CORNER BY THE DOOR ENTERING THE COOLER AND 30 IN STORAGE ROOM NEXT TO WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST CLEAN ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT PRIOR TO REINSPECTION NEXT WEEK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C) ISSUED. • OBSERVED THE DOOR SWEEP AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR WORN; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TO COMPLETELY SEAL BOTTOM OF DOOR AND MAKE RODENT PROOF.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE ALL STORAGE SHELVES WHERE NEEDED, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES WHERE NEEDED, AND EQUIPMENT SURFACES (INCLUDING COOKING EQUIPMENT).
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • INSTRUCTED TO DISPOSE OF STANDING WASTE WATER FROM MOP BUCKET WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • INSTRUCTED TO DISPOSE OF STANDING WASTE WATER FROM MOP BUCKET WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ESTABLISHMENT WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN WALLS AROUND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED IN PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS IN HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS IN HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE NOT CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

When was Tasty Spot Food + Grill last inspected?

Tasty Spot Food + Grill has 7 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2019.

Tasty Spot Food + Grill vs Woodlawn

Woodlawn runs 61% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 28 mid, 30 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 December 13, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.