Thrifty Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2013
• address928 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Thrifty Food clean?

Thrifty Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Thrifty Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON SHELVES UNDER HOT HOLDING UNIT. MUST CLEAN SHELVES AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT/LITTER ON FLOOR IN MOP SINK ROOM AND BOTH REAR AREA STORAGE ROOMS. MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT/LITTER ON FLOOR IN MOP SINK ROOM AND BOTH REAR AREA STORAGE ROOMS. MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GAP BETWEEN PIPE AND WALL (BY 3-COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAP)AND WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE MEAT PREP. MUST SEAL GAP IN WALL, REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILINGTILES ALSO MUST CLEAN ALL WALLS IN PREP AREAS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GAP BETWEEN PIPE AND WALL (BY 3-COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAP)AND WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE MEAT PREP. MUST SEAL GAP IN WALL, REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILINGTILES ALSO MUST CLEAN ALL WALLS IN PREP AREAS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT IN RIGHT SIDE STORAGE ROOM. MUST PROVIDE WORKING LIGHT BULB.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • BOTH REAR STORAGE ROOMS FLOOR CLUTTERED (UNUSED CASH REGISTERS, CARDBOARD BOXES, CONTAINERS, ETC.). MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS 6" OFF FLOOR, MUST BE ABLE TO CLEAN FLOOR THROUGOUT.

When was Thrifty Food last inspected?

Thrifty Food has 4 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2011.

Thrifty Food 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 41% 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 October 10, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.