45Th Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 2, 2023
• address4509 S Indiana Ave, Chicago 60653
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 45Th Food Mart clean?

45Th Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 2, 2023. 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 45Th Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 2, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT TO USE IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FRONT HANDSINK DRAINING SLOWLY; INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT SO THAT SINK DRAINS PROPERLY. OBSERVED THE FAUCET NECK AT THE THREE COMP SINK DOES NOT EXTEND TO ALL COMPARTMENTS OF THE THREE COMP SINK AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE A LONGER FAUCET NECK AT SINK.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL AREAS OF BASEBOARDS WHERE NEEDED THAT ARE LOOSE FROM TOP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLE IN FLOOR ACROSS FROM THE UTILITY SINK.

When was 45Th Food Mart last inspected?

45Th Food Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2023.

45Th Food Mart vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 November 2, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.