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Apple Food Mart
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 16, 2024
- address5255 W Madison St, Chicago 60644
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Apple Food Mart clean?
Apple Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Apple Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 10 LBS OF SLICED DELI MEAT, 4 LBS SOUR CREAM, AND 4 CARTONS EGGS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION AND STORED IN REFRIGERATOR STORED IN THE GROCERY/PREP AREA. NOTED TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 48.9-53F. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD TCS FOODS @ 41F OR BELOW AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED COOLING UNIT @ 50F DURING TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE STORING TCS FOODS (EGGS, DELI MEAT, SOURCREAM. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE OF EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR TP 41F OR BELOW AS REQUIRED. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE COOLING UNITS ON PREMISE. INSTRUCVTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED INTERNAL SURFACES OF DELI MEAT COOLER AS WELL AS COOLER WITH PRODUCE, EGGS, PACKAGED TCS FOODS IN WITH ACCUMULATED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR DRAIN IN REAR STORAGE AREA WITH HEAVYILY ACCUMUALTED ORGANIC MATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSEREVD EXCESSIVE CLUTTER ON PREP TABLE SHELVING UNITS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESARY ITEMS, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN
When was Apple Food Mart last inspected?
Apple Food Mart has 18 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 13, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| June 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2016 | Fail |
Apple Food Mart vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 December 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.