West Side Food & Liquor

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 18, 2016
• address500 S Kostner Ave, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is West Side Food & Liquor clean?

West Side Food & Liquor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at West Side Food & Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVES IN THE STORAGE AREAS. MAINTAIN SAME. MAINTAIN SAME. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD (DIVIDER) BETWEEN THE HANDSINK AND UTILITY SINK INSIDE OF THE WASHROOM.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVES IN THE STORAGE AREAS. MAINTAIN SAME. MAINTAIN SAME. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD (DIVIDER) BETWEEN THE HANDSINK AND UTILITY SINK INSIDE OF THE WASHROOM.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • TWO SMALL HOLES OBSERVED ON THE CEILING OF THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • TWO SMALL HOLES OBSERVED ON THE CEILING OF THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO VENTILATION FAN IN WASHROOM; MUST INSTALL A PROPER VENTILATION FAN FOR WASHROOM. NO BACKFLOW PREVENTOR DEVICE OBSERVED ON THE UTILITY SINK; INSTALL A BACKFLOW PREVENTOR DEVICE ON THE UTILITY SINK.

When was West Side Food & Liquor last inspected?

West Side Food & Liquor has 4 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2012.

West Side Food & Liquor vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in West Garfield Park

• ✓ Mcdonalds
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• ? Ohio Food & Liquor Inc.
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• ? Prince Taylor Restaurant
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• ✓ Pic & Pay
  clean · November 23, 2011
• ? Munchies Food Mart, Inc.
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• ✓ C & P Fried Rice 2
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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 March 18, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.