Three Brothers Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 8, 2017
• address8201 S Exchange Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Three Brothers Grocery clean?

Three Brothers Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 8, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Three Brothers Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • PREMISES OFFER FOR SALE COOKED FOODS AND OBSERVED A LIVE CAT ON PREMISES BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER,SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS CHICHEN,ITALIAN BEEF,AND CHEESE SAUCE/W GROUND BEEF,SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,DISPLAY COOLERS AND REFRIGERATOR UNITS OF DIRT AND OLD FOOD PARTICLES,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA OF FOOD DEBRIS,AND GREASE BULD-UP ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS,INSTRUCTED TO C;EAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA OF FOOD DEBRIS,AND GREASE BULD-UP ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS,INSTRUCTED TO C;EAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA OF GREASE AND FOOD SPILLS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ND MAINTAIN AREA
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA OF GREASE AND FOOD SPILLS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ND MAINTAIN AREA

When was Three Brothers Grocery last inspected?

Three Brothers Grocery has 3 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2016.

Three Brothers Grocery vs South Chicago

South Chicago runs 75% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 21 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in South Chicago, 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 May 8, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.