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
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

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 78% clean across 243 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 44 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 243 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.

Other spots in East Garfield Park

• ? Notlem Beef
  cooked · January 23, 2013
• ? Superwest Produce
  cooked · November 28, 2011
• ? Marathon
  cooked · January 12, 2012
• ✓ Tony's Mobil
  cooked · November 28, 2011
• ✓ J & J Fish
  clean · June 17, 2010
• ? Grandaddy's Subs
  cooked · January 12, 2012

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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