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ENGLEWOOD CITGO

1356 W 87TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60620 · Grocery Store

Inspection summary

ENGLEWOOD CITGO has been inspected 6 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since October 6, 2011. The most recent inspection, on May 8, 2017, found no infractions.

2 of 6 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.

The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. 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 once on April 20, 2017. For example: NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

  • 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 14 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on April 20, 2017. For example: FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 5 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on April 20, 2017. For example: FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded once on December 17, 2015. For example: * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED

  • Other findingsLower risk

    Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.

    Recorded once on December 17, 2015. For example: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090

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.

6 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS
      • IMPROPER PEST CONTROL NOTED ON THE PREMISES, 20 MICE DROPPINGS FOUND ON LOWER DISPLAY SHELVES UNDERNEATH CHIPS ON SALES FLOOR. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, AND SEAL UP ANY OPENINGS FOUND IN FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
    • 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED
      • REPLACE ALL HEAVILY STAINED CHIP TRAYS ON THE SALES FLOOR.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • CLEAN ALL STORAGE SHELVES, CABINET INTERIORS, AND SINKS THROUGHOUT.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS,IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(DIRT, DEBRIS).
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN DIRT AND/OR PAINT ALL WALLS AND BASEBOARDS THROUGHOUT ALL ROOMS(DIRT AND STAINS PRESENT). REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN DEBRIS FROM ALL LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT.
  4. Canvass Re-Inspection

    3 infractions

    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • NOTED DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, BEHIND THE SERVICE COUNTER AND ON THE SELLING FLOOR. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. ALSO CLEAN DUSTY CEILING VENT COVERS.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • NOTED A LEAK AT THE BASE OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AT THE COFFEE STATION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • NOTED POP CRATES USED FOR ELEVATION IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA AND IN THE WALK IN COOLER. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. MUST PROVIDE PROPER ELEVATION FOR BETTER CLEANING AND PEST MONITORING.
  5. Canvass

    9 infractions

    • 21. * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED
      • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY/SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED SUCH AS GROUND BEEF AND CHEESE SAUCE FOR NACHOS AND ITILAN BEEF. A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
    • 29. PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090
      • PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #606436 DATE 10-6-11. (38)PREMISES SELLING NACHOS WITH MEAT, AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IS REQUIRED IN THE AREA WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IN PREPARATION AREA. PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOMS. PREMISES COOKING GROUND BEEF FOR NACHOS IN A SKILLET ON A HOT PLATE, MUST EITHER PROVIDE VENTILATION OR USE AN ALREADY COOKED PRODUCT WHICH CAN BE RE-HEATED IN EQUIPMENT APPROVED FOR USE WITHOUT VENTILATION. (36)REPLACE BLOWN LIGHTS IN WALK-IN COOLER.
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • NOTED THE BOTTOM SHELVES INSIDE THE STORAGE CADINETS DIRTY. ALSO THE COUNTER TOP (COFFEE STATION). MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • OBSERVED FLOORS DIRTY ALONG THE WALL BASE IN CORNER,UNDERNEATH SHELVING IN THE WALK IN COOLER AND CHIP RACKS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • NOTED DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, BEHIND THE SERVICE COUNTER AND ON THE SELLING FLOOR. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • SEE VIOLATION 29.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • SEE VIOLATION #29
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • NOTED A LEAK AT THE BASE OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AT THE COFFEE STATION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • NOTED POP CRATES USED FOR ELEVATION IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA AND IN THE WALK IN COOLER. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. MUST PROVIDE PROPER ELEVATION FOR BETTER CLEANING AND PEST MONITORING.
  6. Canvass

    5 infractions

    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: ALL SHELVES AND RACKS, FAN GUARDS & CEILING AS WELL AS WALLS AND DOOR TO WALK-IN COOLER, INTERIORS OF FROZEN FOOD AND ICE CREAM FREEZERS, INTERIOR CABINETS UNDERNEATH ALL COUNTERS, MOP SINK, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, MOP BUCKET, MOP HEAD, SHELVES IN CHIP DISPLAY AREA, AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL STOCK & HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT, ALONG ALL WALL BASES, AND IN CORNERS.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • CLEAN ALL WALLS(INCLUDING STORAGE CABINETS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER), AND DOORS THROUGHOUT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES. CLEAN ALL DUSTY CEILING VENTS. REPAIR LEFT SIDE AND BOTTOM OF ENTRY DOOR. REPAIR HOLES AROUND HOT AND COLD WATER KNOBS ABOVE MOP SINK.
    • 36. LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED
      • REPLACE BLOWN LIGHTS IN WALK-IN COOLER.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • PREMISES SELLING NACHOS WITH MEAT, AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IS REQUIRED IN THE AREA WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IN PREPARATION AREA. PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOMS. PREMISES COOKING GROUND BEEF FOR NACHOS IN A SKILLET ON A HOT PLATE, MUST EITHER PROVIDE VENTILATION OR USE AN ALREADY COOKED PRODUCT WHICH CAN BE RE-HEATED IN EQUIPMENT APPROVED FOR USE WITHOUT VENTILATION.

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