Amer Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 24, 2020
• address3458 W Lake St, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Amer Food Mart clean?

Amer Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 24, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Amer Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. SUPPLIES MUST INCLUDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER THAT ELIMINATES NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES TO PROPERLY HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN AT THE HAND SINK BEHIND THE DELI COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A HAND WASHING SIGN AT ALL HAND SINKS ON SITE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO LABELS FOR BULK FLOUR AND SUGAR STORAGE CONTAINER STORED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA ON THE SHELF. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH CONTENTS NAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTH LAYING ON THE FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 1 DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AND INSIDE OF THE CHEST FREEZER IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE IN THE KITCHEN SOILED WITH FOOD DERBIS AND SPLASH. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND ICE BUILDUP INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE EXCESS ICE, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP IN A POSITION STORED IN THE FRONT ON THE SALES FLOOR THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. MUST STORE MOP AFTER USE IN A MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING. • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE SALES FLOOR AND REAR FOOD PREP DELI AREA. INSTRUCTED REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES.

When was Amer Food Mart last inspected?

Amer Food Mart has 12 inspections on record going back to April 8, 2010.

Amer Food Mart vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% of them.

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• ✓ J & J Fish
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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 June 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.