Big Sams Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026 →
• address133 E 75Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Big Sams Food Mart clean?

Big Sams Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Big Sams Food Mart last inspected?

Big Sams Food Mart has 9 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2021.

Big Sams Food Mart vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 81% clean across 226 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 24 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 226 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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