16Th Express Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2013
• address4160 W 16Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 16Th Express Mart clean?

16Th Express Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 16Th Express Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE CANDY COUNTER AND REAR SINK AREA SHELVING IS DIRTY AND THE MIRROR ABOVE IS BROKEN. CLEAN THE SHELVING AND REMOVE THE BROKEN GLASS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • THE CANDY COUNTER AND REAR SINK AREA SHELVING IS DIRTY AND THE MIRROR ABOVE IS BROKEN. CLEAN THE SHELVING AND REMOVE THE BROKEN GLASS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE LARGE BUTCHER COOLER AND ICE CREAM FREEZER ARE DIRTY AND NOT WORKING, REPAIR OR REMOVE THE UNITS. THE SINGLE AND DOUBLE DOOR COOLER INTERIORS ARE DIRTY; WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE THE COOLERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE FLOORS ARE DIRTY UNDER THE SHELVES AND STICKY, CLEAN THE FLOORS FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • THE FLOORS ARE DIRTY UNDER THE SHELVES AND STICKY, CLEAN THE FLOORS FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • THE OLD INOPERATIVE WALK ION COOLER IS CLUTTERED, REMOVE OR ORGANIZE STORAGE.

When was 16Th Express Mart last inspected?

16Th Express Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2013.

16Th Express Mart vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 October 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.