Apple Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2018
• address617 N Cicero Ave, 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 August 31, 2018. 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 Apple Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-102.12 - OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, NOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. STORE MANAGER PREPARES AND SELLS NACHOS WITH CHEESE AND WAS INFORMED THAT COMPLETION OF A FOOD MANAGER SANITATION COURSE IS REQUIRED TO HANDLE TCS FOODS. MANGER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT A CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH A CURRENT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES WHEN FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND/OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-201.11 - OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION INFORMING EMPLOYEES OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 - OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14 - OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT AVAILABLE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TEST KIT FOR PROPER SANITIZER CONCENTRATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14 - OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT AVAILABLE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TEST KIT FOR PROPER SANITIZER CONCENTRATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 - OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 - OBSERVED MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE LOBBY OF THE STORE AND WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER REPLACE TO HAVE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. • OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 - OBSERVED NO WASHROOM VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • 6-202.11 - OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD FOR LIGHT IN THE WASHROOM AND ABOVE 3-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 - OBSERVED NO WASHROOM VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. • 6-202.11 - OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD FOR LIGHT IN THE WASHROOM AND ABOVE 3-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Apple Food Mart last inspected?

Apple Food Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2017.

Apple Food Mart vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 August 31, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.