Western Montrose Shell

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 30, 2024 →
• address4346 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Western Montrose Shell clean?

Western Montrose Shell is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 30, 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 Montrose Shell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was Western Montrose Shell last inspected?

Western Montrose Shell has 3 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2014.

Western Montrose Shell vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 79% clean across 379 tracked restaurants — 296 clean, 72 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 379 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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