Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2012
• address133 E 75Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular clean?

Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • WALK-IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINING ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMP RECORDED AT 45.6-48.1F-INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FROM UNIT AND HAVE IT SERVICED. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • TURKEY-47.6F, CORNED BEEF-46.6F, MILK-46.3F-ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE STORED AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PRE-PACKAGING SALADS, FRUIT CUPS, AND SANDWICHES, THESE ITEMS MUST BE LABELED.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PRE-PACKAGING SALADS, FRUIT CUPS, AND SANDWICHES, THESE ITEMS MUST BE LABELED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN REAR NEED CLEANING. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR WASHROOM AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN REAR NEED CLEANING. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR WASHROOM AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MAKING SANDWICHES, CUTTIN UP FRUIT(MELONS) FOR FRUIT CUPS, MAKING SALADS IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL AN EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THIS AREA.

When was Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular last inspected?

Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular has 2 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2012.

Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 November 5, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.