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Western Food & Grocery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2024
- address1358 N Western Ave, Chicago 60622
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Western Food & Grocery clean?
Western Food & Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2024. 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 Western Food & Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
When was Western Food & Grocery last inspected?
Western Food & Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 9, 2024 | — |
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 44% 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 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.