Bargain Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2011
• address8211 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60620
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Bargain Food Mart clean?

Bargain Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2011. 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 Bargain Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: SHELVES AND PREP TABLE, MOP SINK, INTERIORS OF COOLERS WHERE NEEDED, INTERIOR OF ICE CREAM FREEZER(DEFROST UNIT), INTERIOR CABINETS OF WASHBOWLS, 3 COMP. SINK, AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND A 20LB SLEEVE OF GROUND BEEF IN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT 51.2F-THIS PRODUCT MUST BE KEPT REFRIGERATED AT 40 DEGREES OR BLOW /- 2 DEGREES UNTIL PREPARED - CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED MGR. ON PREMISES OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED OR PROVIDED AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION(SELLS NACHOS W/ MEAT)-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-012
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMERS-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-42-010(B)
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY POSTED AND VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMERS-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-42-010(B)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE CARD BOARD FROM SHELF UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE IN FOOD PREP AREA AND PAINT SURFACE IF RUSTY.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE CARD BOARD FROM SHELF UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE IN FOOD PREP AREA AND PAINT SURFACE IF RUSTY.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE ALL CHIPPING PAINT FROM WALLS AND CEILINGS, SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS, CLEAN AND PAINT ALL DOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS. REPAIR FLOOR UNDERNEATH FRONT DOOR. REPLACE ALL DAMAGED AND STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS. PAINT ALL WOODEN WALL BASES. CLEAN WINDOW LEDGE IN WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE ALL CHIPPING PAINT FROM WALLS AND CEILINGS, SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS, CLEAN AND PAINT ALL DOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS. REPAIR FLOOR UNDERNEATH FRONT DOOR. REPLACE ALL DAMAGED AND STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS. PAINT ALL WOODEN WALL BASES. CLEAN WINDOW LEDGE IN WASHROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST KEEP ALL SECTIONS OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK CLEAN AND REFRAIN FROM USING IT AS A STORAGE UNIT FOR OTHER ARTICLES. MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM PREMISES AND KEEP REAR NEAT AND ORGANIZED(INCLUDING FURNACE ROOM).

When was Bargain Food Mart last inspected?

Bargain Food Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2010.

Bargain Food Mart vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 July 29, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.