West Town Wine & Spirits

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2019
• address2501-2503 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is West Town Wine & Spirits clean?

West Town Wine & Spirits is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at West Town Wine & Spirits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 2-102.14(O) Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 2-501.11 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 3-305.14 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES AND WALLS IN REAR PREP /DISH WASHING AREA WHERE ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED TO PROTECT FOODS.MUST REPLACE/INSTALL MISSING CEILING TILES AND WALLS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 3-305.14 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES AND WALLS IN REAR PREP /DISH WASHING AREA WHERE ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED TO PROTECT FOODS.MUST REPLACE/INSTALL MISSING CEILING TILES AND WALLS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 4-501.11 Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE MISSING FAN GUARD COVERS IN BEER WALK IN COOLER
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 5-501.17 Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE A GARBAGE CAN WITH A LID IN TOILET ROOM
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 5-501.17 Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE A GARBAGE CAN WITH A LID IN TOILET ROOM
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • nspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-201.13 Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING IN POOR REPAIR ON SALES FLOOR NEAR FRONT DOOR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-202.11 Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-202.11 Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE AREA.

When was West Town Wine & Spirits last inspected?

West Town Wine & Spirits has 4 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2015.

West Town Wine & Spirits vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 47% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ West Town Wine & Spirits
  clean · March 26, 2015
• ✓ Baocos
  cooked · July 27, 2015
• ✕ Amk Kitchen Bar
  cooked · March 19, 2019
• ✓ Amk Kitchen Bar
  cooked · May 21, 2015
• ✓ Milwaukee & California Produce Inc.
  cooked · February 25, 2015
• ✓ Ahm Wireless
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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, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.