• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 9, 2012 →
• address5575 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60644
• cuisineGrocery Store

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Is Van-Central Food & Liqs clean?

Van-Central Food & Liqs is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 9, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Van-Central Food & Liqs?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 9, 2012. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Van-Central Food & Liqs last inspected?

Van-Central Food & Liqs has 6 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2010.

Van-Central Food & Liqs vs Austin

Austin runs 75% clean across 311 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 58 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 311 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 9, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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