Best Shop Market

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 16, 2018
• address7340 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Best Shop Market clean?

Best Shop Market is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 16, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Best Shop Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • 3 CONTAINERS OF BEEF AT HOT HOLDING UNIT AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 70F-80F. ALL PRODUCT DISPOSED OF AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 20LBS $ 100 VALUE. INSTD TO MAINTAIN PROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 140F OR ABOVE . VIOLATION 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • NO HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ANY SINKS. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ALL TIMES. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO EXPOSED HANDSINK IN REAR WHERE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MICROWAVE LOCATED. INSTD TO PROVIDE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN SAME AREA WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS (BEEF, CHEESE). VIOLATION 7-38-012A SERIOUS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CHIP DISPLAY UNITS NOT CLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER THROUGH OUT. STOCK ON FLOOR AND AGAINST WALL IN REAR BY UTILITY SINK. INSTD TO REMOVE ANY UNCECESSARY ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE AREA. ELEVATE ALL STOCK 6 INCHES AND AWAY FROM WALL.

When was Best Shop Market last inspected?

Best Shop Market has 3 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2016.

Best Shop Market 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 11% 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 February 16, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.