Top Grocery J & R Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2011
• address2638 W 71St St, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Top Grocery J & R Food clean?

Top Grocery J & R Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2011. 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 Top Grocery J & R Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • All necessary control measures shall be used to effectively minimize or eliminate the presence of rodents, roaches, and other vermin/insect infestations. OBSERVED LIVE CAT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MANAGER REMOVED CAT AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO ALLOW CAT BACK INTO FACILITY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED. EVIDENCE OF ANIMALS ON SITE.critical
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • All necessary control measures shall be used to effectively minimize or eliminate the presence of rodents, roaches, and other vermin/insect infestations. OBSERVED LIVE CAT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MANAGER REMOVED CAT AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO ALLOW CAT BACK INTO FACILITY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED. EVIDENCE OF ANIMALS ON SITE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. CLEAN ALL SALES SHELVES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS IN NEED OF CLEANING THROUGHOUT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS IN NEED OF CLEANING THROUGHOUT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. LIGHTS IN NEED OF SHEILDING WITH PROPER TUBES AND END CAPS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors. Cleaning equipment shall be properly stored away from food, utensils, equipment, and clean linens. MUST REMOVE ALL UNSUED EQUIPMENT. SLICER UNDER SHELF. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Top Grocery J & R Food last inspected?

Top Grocery J & R Food has 2 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2011.

Top Grocery J & R Food vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 January 26, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.