71St Meat Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 21, 2017
• address7100 S Rhodes Ave, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 71St Meat Market clean?

71St Meat Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 21, 2017. 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 71St Meat Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 21, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM FEB. 14, 2017 AS DESCRIBED: FOUND FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED AT THE BOTTOM TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. OBSERVED A 1/2 INCH OR LARGER GAP UNDER DOOR AND DOOR SWEEP ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR IS IN POOR REPAIR. ALSO STILL FINDING MOUSE DROPPINGS (40) ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR AREA. OWNER BEGAN TO REPAIR THE DOOR BY ADDING A NEW DOOR SWEEP AND ADJUSTING THE THRESH HOLE. AN EMPLOYEE BEGAN REMOVING THE DROPPINGS FROM AREAS OBSERVED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM FEB. 14, 2017 AS DESCRIBED: FOUND FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED AT THE BOTTOM TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. OBSERVED A 1/2 INCH OR LARGER GAP UNDER DOOR AND DOOR SWEEP ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR IS IN POOR REPAIR. ALSO STILL FINDING MOUSE DROPPINGS (40) ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR AREA. OWNER BEGAN TO REPAIR THE DOOR BY ADDING A NEW DOOR SWEEP AND ADJUSTING THE THRESH HOLE. AN EMPLOYEE BEGAN REMOVING THE DROPPINGS FROM AREAS OBSERVED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • BUMPED UP TO A CRITICAL.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED WHILE HANDLING AND SERVING RAW MEATS, SLICING DELI MEATS AND SERVING NACHOS WITH CHEESE AND MEAT. MUST PROVIDE A VALID SANITATION CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF ENROLLMENT. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN MEAT SLICER AT PREP TABLE IN BUTCHER AREA, CLEAN INTERIOR OF REFRIGRATION UNITS AND CLEAN FOOD STORAGE SHELVES ON SELLING FLOOR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS IN BASEMENT, UNDER THREE COMP SINK, BEHIND AND UNDER SHELVES AND IN AREAS WHERE RODENT DROPPINGS OBSERVED AS DESCRIBED IN VIOLATION #18.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS IN BASEMENT, UNDER THREE COMP SINK, BEHIND AND UNDER SHELVES AND IN AREAS WHERE RODENT DROPPINGS OBSERVED AS DESCRIBED IN VIOLATION #18.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE OF MOPS AND BROOMS FOUND IN A CORNER BY THE REAR SIDE EXIT DOOR. SOME UNNECESSARY ITEMS OBSERVED IN THE BASEMENT MUST BE REMOVED TO AVOID CLUTTER.

When was 71St Meat Market last inspected?

71St Meat Market has 13 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

71St Meat Market vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in Greater Grand Crossing

• ✓ Swisher & Sweet Ii
  clean · August 11, 2010
• ✓ Krazy Kake House, Inc.
  clean · August 16, 2010
• ✓ I Muse Waffel House
  clean · October 18, 2011
• ✕ Club 44
  cooked · January 10, 2011
• ✓ Quick Grocery
  clean · October 5, 2010
• ✓ S & A Grocery, Inc.
  clean · October 14, 2010

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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 February 21, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.