Western Meat & Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 26, 2016
• address6502-6504 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Western Meat & Grocery clean?

Western Meat & Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 26, 2016. 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 Meat & Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 26, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE STORE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE STORE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A METAL STEM PROBE THERMOMETER TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A METAL STEM PROBE THERMOMETER TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE SANDWICH PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 70F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE CREAM FREEZER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE CREAM FREEZER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN AND MISSING FLOOR TILES UNDER AND IN FRONT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE THE BROKEN AND MISSING FLOOR TILES UNDER AND IN FRONT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE THE UNUSED COOLER AND FREEZER FROM THE PREMISES.

When was Western Meat & Grocery last inspected?

Western Meat & Grocery has 2 inspections on record going back to April 26, 2016.

Western Meat & Grocery vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 April 26, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.