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A LOT TO SAVE FOOD

1207 W 63RD ST, CHICAGO, IL 60636 · Grocery Store

Inspection summary

A LOT TO SAVE FOOD has been inspected 9 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since August 16, 2012. The most recent inspection, on June 17, 2016, found no infractions.

2 of 9 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests, Food source, labelling and allergens and Food temperature control.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on February 3, 2014. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

  • Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk

    Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.

    Recorded once on July 21, 2014. For example: SOURCE SOUND CONDITION, NO SPOILAGE, FOODS PROPERLY LABELED, SHELLFISH TAGS IN PLACE

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded once on August 16, 2012. For example: FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded once on August 16, 2012. For example: DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED

  • Equipment and utensilsLower risk

    Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.

    Recorded 17 times across 7 separate inspections, most recently on July 30, 2014. For example: WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

9 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Consultation

    4 infractions

    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND TOILET ROOM, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY CAN BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. LIFT ALL THE STORE SHELVES AND CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THEM HAS DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • TOILET ROOM DOOR IN POOR REPAIR CAN NOT SHUT INTO THE FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TOILET ROOM DOOR. ALSO SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR IT ROCKS BACK AND FOURTH.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  3. Short Form Complaint

    5 infractions

    • 1. SOURCE SOUND CONDITION, NO SPOILAGE, FOODS PROPERLY LABELED, SHELLFISH TAGS IN PLACE
      • FOUND 35LBS OF HAMBURGER AND PORK CHOPS 25LBS NOT OF SOUND SOURCE THE HAMBURGER DISCOLORED ALL MOST BLACK AND SMELLED, THE PORK CHOP SOME HAVE A GREEN TINT AND WERE SOME OF THEM WERE DRIED OUT ALL WERE SPOILED IN THE FRESH MEAT COOLER. MANAGER DENATURED AND DISPOSED OF THEM.WORTH $34.00 PORK CHOPS AND HAMBURGER $65.00. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(B).
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND TOILET ROOM, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY CAN BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. LIFT ALL THE STORE SHELVES AND CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THEM HAS DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • TOILET ROOM DOOR IN POOR REPAIR CAN NOT SHUT INTO THE FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TOILET ROOM DOOR. ALSO SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR IT ROCKS BACK AND FOURTH.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  4. Short Form Complaint

    4 infractions

    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND TOILET ROOM, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY CAN BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. LIFT ALL THE STORE SHELVES AND CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THEM HAS DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • TOILET ROOM DOOR IN POOR REPAIR CAN NOT SHUT INTO THE FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TOILET ROOM DOOR. ALSO SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR IT ROCKS BACK AND FOURTH.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  5. Complaint Re-Inspection

    5 infractions

    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND TOILET ROOM, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY CAN BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. LIFT ALL THE STORE SHELVES AND CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THEM HAS DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • WALLBASE IN REAR IN POOR REPAIR. PROVIDE 4 INCH WALLBASE. REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • MISSING CEILING TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THEM.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • TOILET ROOM DOOR IN POOR REPAIR CAN NOT SHUT INTO THE FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TOILET ROOM DOOR. ALSO SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR IT ROCKS BACK AND FOURTH.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  6. Complaint

    8 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • FOUND THE FRONT DOOR WITH A ONE FOURTH GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND THE REAR BACK METAL DOOR HAS A ONE INCH GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. DOORS NOT TIGHT FITTING OR RODENT PROOFED. ALSO NOTED 35 RAT DROPPINGS IN THE REAR STORE ROOM ALONG THE NORTH WALL BEHIND ALL THE CLUTTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UP THE AREA AND CALL YOUR PEST CONTROL TECH. TO COME HERE AND SERVICE THIS ESTABLISHMENT, ALSO MAKE THE OUTER OPENING DOORS TIGHT FITTING AND RODENT PROOFED. SERIOUS CITATION GIVEN. 7-38-020.
    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND COUNTERS WHERE NECESSARY. ALSO DEFROST AND CLEAN THE REACHIN CHEST FREEZER IT IS THICK WITH ICE BUILDUP. REPLACE THE CRACKED GLASS IN SLIDING DOOR AT THE REACHIN MEAT COOLER.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN PREP AREA AND AT FRONT COUNTER. CLEAN/SANITIZE INTERIOR OF REACH-IN COOLERS AND MEAT DISPLAY COOLER AT REAR.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND TOILET ROOM, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR FLOORS SO THEY CAN BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. LIFT ALL THE STORE SHELVES AND CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH THEM HAS DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • WALLBASE IN REAR IN POOR REPAIR. PROVIDE 4 INCH WALLBASE. REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • MISSING CEILING TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THEM.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • TOILET ROOM DOOR IN POOR REPAIR CAN NOT SHUT INTO THE FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TOILET ROOM DOOR. ALSO SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR IT ROCKS BACK AND FOURTH.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  7. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND COUNTERS WHERE NECESSARY.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN PREP AREA AND AT FRONT COUNTER. CLEAN/SANITIZE INTERIOR OF REACH-IN COOLERS AND MEAT DISPLAY COOLER AT REAR.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHTOUT PREMISES.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES WHERE NECESSARY.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES/EQUIPMENT AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY. ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  8. License Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  9. License

    6 infractions

    • 2. FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE
      • COOLER IN POOR REPAIR, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN 40F, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE 80F. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME AND ABLE TO MAINTAIN 40F.
    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • NO LICENSED DUMPSTER ON SITE. PROVIDE SAME. OUTSIDE SURROUNDING GARBAGE AREA WITH EXCESSIVE WEEDS, CLUTTER.
    • 21. * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED
      • NO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE. PROVIDE SAME.
    • 24. DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED
      • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET UNABLE TO REACH EACH COMPARTMENT. INSTD TO CORRECT SAME. PUTTY/UNAPPROVED SUBSTANCE ON 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME, SO AS SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH, DURABLE SURFACE.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR, UNEVEN SURFACE. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME SO AS TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • WALLBASE IN REAR IN POOR REPAIR. PROVIDE 4 INCH WALLBASE.

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