Blessing Mini Mart

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 12, 2014
• address4067 W Fifth Ave, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Blessing Mini Mart clean?

Blessing Mini Mart is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2014. 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 Blessing Mini Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS AND PROBE FOR FOOD TEMPS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS AND PROBE FOR FOOD TEMPS.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF COOKED GROUND BEEF 84.5F-95.0F AND COOKED CHEESE SAUCE 116.1F IN HOT HOLDING UNITS AT COUNTER TOP AND TOPSIDE OF COOLER IN PREP AREA.NO TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOGS AVAILABLE TO VIEW.PRODUCT WAS DUMPED AND DENATURED BY OWNER. MUST HAVE HOT HOLDING AT 140.0F OR ABOVE.APPX 10LBS. $20(CRITICAL 7-38-005A).
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED NO HAND SINK ACCESSIBLE IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA FOR HAND WASHING WHILE FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AT THIS TIME SUCH AS (COOKED GROUND BEEF AND CHEESE SAUCE).MUST INSTALL A HAND SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA FOR HAND WASHING WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.(CRITICAL 7-38-030)
• ⚠️No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT DROPPINGS INFESTATION MORE THAN 300 THROUGHOUT PREMISES SUCH AS IN SEVERAL CHIP DISPLAY BOXES,SERVICE COUNTER ,STAIRS LEADING TO REAR DOOR AND CLOSET IN SAME AREA IN BETWEEN CLUTTER,ALONG WALL BASES UNDER CRATES,BEHIND ALL COOLERS,UNDER MOST FOOD DISPLAY SHELVING UNITS,IN BOXES OF JUICE IN REAR PREP AREA.ALSO REAR AND FRONT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED.ALSO NO PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK ON SITE TO VIEW.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS.RODENT PROOF DOORS,PROVIDE A PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK.RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 6/12/14.(CRITICAL 7-38-020).critical
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animals • OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT DROPPINGS INFESTATION MORE THAN 300 THROUGHOUT PREMISES SUCH AS IN SEVERAL CHIP DISPLAY BOXES,SERVICE COUNTER ,STAIRS LEADING TO REAR DOOR AND CLOSET IN SAME AREA IN BETWEEN CLUTTER,ALONG WALL BASES UNDER CRATES,BEHIND ALL COOLERS,UNDER MOST FOOD DISPLAY SHELVING UNITS,IN BOXES OF JUICE IN REAR PREP AREA.ALSO REAR AND FRONT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED.ALSO NO PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK ON SITE TO VIEW.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS.RODENT PROOF DOORS,PROVIDE A PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK.RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 6/12/14.(CRITICAL 7-38-020).
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE POSTED TO VIEW AND NOT ON DUTY AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE FOOD IS BEING PREPARED,HANDLED AND SERVED SUCH AS COOKED GROUND BEEF AND CHEESE SAUCE.MUST PROVIDE AND POST CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE AT ALL TIMES.(SERIOUS 7-38-012)
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • OBSEREVED DISH WASHING FACILITIES NOT CONSTRUCTED WITH A 3- COMPARTMENT SINK ONLY A 2- COMPARTMENT SINK ON SITE NOT ABLE TO WASH ,RINSE AND SANITIZE MULTIUSE UTENSILS.MUST INSTALL A 3- COMPARTMENT SINK WITH METAL DRAIN BOARD AND HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.(SERIOUS 7-38-030)
  Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated • OBSEREVED DISH WASHING FACILITIES NOT CONSTRUCTED WITH A 3- COMPARTMENT SINK ONLY A 2- COMPARTMENT SINK ON SITE NOT ABLE TO WASH ,RINSE AND SANITIZE MULTIUSE UTENSILS.MUST INSTALL A 3- COMPARTMENT SINK WITH METAL DRAIN BOARD AND HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.(SERIOUS 7-38-030)
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRI AND DUST FROM ALL SHELVING UNITS,USED AND UNUSED COOLERS,MICROWAVE,.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST SEAL ALL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES AND WIRES LEADING INTO WALLS AND CEILINGS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST SEAL ALL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES AND WIRES LEADING INTO WALLS AND CEILINGS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE,ORGANIZE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CLUTTER THROUGHOUT PREMISES IN CLOSETS,BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER,ON SALES FLOOR,TOILET ROOM,ON TOP OF COOLERS.
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations • OBSEREVED CIGARETTE BUTTS ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREMISES IN FOOD PREP AREA,SALES FLOOR,BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER ALSO ASHES ON SHELF BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER.ALSO EMPTY CIGARETTE CARTONS ON FLOOR IN SAME AREAS.MUST REMOVE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND EMPTY CARTONS. NO SMOKING ON PREMISE.(7-32-020C)
  No Smoking Regulations • OBSEREVED CIGARETTE BUTTS ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREMISES IN FOOD PREP AREA,SALES FLOOR,BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER ALSO ASHES ON SHELF BEHIND SERVICE COUNTER.ALSO EMPTY CIGARETTE CARTONS ON FLOOR IN SAME AREAS.MUST REMOVE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND EMPTY CARTONS. NO SMOKING ON PREMISE.(7-32-020C)

When was Blessing Mini Mart last inspected?

Blessing Mini Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2013.

Blessing Mini 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 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 12, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.