Western Food & Grocery

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2024
• address1358 N Western Ave, Chicago 60622
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Western Food & Grocery clean?

Western Food & Grocery is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 16, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Western Food & Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2024, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURES OF COLD FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURES OF TCS COLD FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ACTIVE SLUSHIE MACHINE AND SEVERAL PIECES OF INACTIVE HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING NACHO CHEESE WARMERS AND BUFFET-STYLE WARMERS, ON SITE WITH NO WAREWASHING FACILITIES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ANY EQUIPMENT THAT MUST BE WASHED, RINSED, AND SANITIZED FROM PREMISES OR INSTALL APPROPRIATE WARE WASHING FACILITIES, INCLUDING A 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND OR COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE WITH AN ADJACENT HAND WASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED ACTIVE SLUSHIE MACHINE AND SEVERAL PIECES OF INACTIVE HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING NACHO CHEESE WARMERS AND BUFFET-STYLE WARMERS, ON SITE WITH NO WAREWASHING FACILITIES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ANY EQUIPMENT THAT MUST BE WASHED, RINSED, AND SANITIZED FROM PREMISES OR INSTALL APPROPRIATE WARE WASHING FACILITIES, INCLUDING A 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND OR COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE WITH AN ADJACENT HAND WASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Western Food & Grocery last inspected?

Western Food & Grocery has 4 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2020.

Western Food & Grocery vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.