Brandon's Food Mart

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedAugust 12, 2010
• address8261 S Brandon Ave Fl, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Brandon's Food Mart clean?

Brandon's Food Mart is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Brandon's Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Source Sound Condition, No Spoilage, Foods Properly Labeled, Shellfish Tags In Place • All food shall be from sources approved by health authorities and safe for human consumption. FOUND 3 GALLONS OF MILK WITH THE EXPIRATION OF 08-03-10 INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER, CAKES,COOKIES AND SEVERAL BAGS OF POTATOE CHIPS WITH EXPIRATION DATE OF JULY 27 ITEMS WERE DISCARDED (OWNER STATES THAT CHIPS, CAKES AND COOKIES ARE GOING TO BE PICKED UP BY COMPANY SO THAT HE CAN BE ISSUED A CREDIT FOR THE ITEMS). INSTRUCTED TO MONITOR AND REMOVE ITEMS FROM COOLER WHEN IT HAS EXPIRED. *NO CITATION ISSUED.*
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND WALK-IN COOLER NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR LOWER. COOLER'S AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 80.2F. INSTRUCTED TO GET COOLER FIXED SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER TEMPERATURE. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CDPH INPSECTOR. *NO CITATION ISSUED.*
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE (MILK-80F, EGGS 78F AND CHEESE 78.8F) STORED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. ALL ITEMS WERE DISCARDED (11-GALLONS OF MILK, 2-HALF GALLONS, 2-16OZS. 3 PINTS, 1 DOZEN OF EGGS, HALF OF PAN OF NACHO CHEESE AND 7-8OZS. PCAKS OF CHEESE SLICES), ALL VALUED AT APPROX. $60.00 *NO CITATION ISSUED*
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • Adequate and convenient toilet facilities shall be provided. They should be properly designed, maintained, and accessible to employees at all times. MUST PROPERLY INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK WITH HOT/CODE RUNNING WATER PER CITY CODE IN FRONT COUNTER AREA. MUST STOCK WITH SOAP/PAPER TOWELS. *NO CITATION ISSUED*
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. MUST HAVE A CURRENT AND ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE AND MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHEN PREPARING/SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. *NO CITATION ISSUED*
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL STOCK/STORAGE SHELVES THROUGHOUT, FAN COVERS IN WALK-IN COOLER, INTERIOR OF COOKING/HOT HOLDING UNIT EQUIPMENT AND COUNTERS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST REPAIR DAMAGED FLOOR IN REAR AND THROUGHOUT AS NEEDED, REPLACE/PROVIDE MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT AND REATTACH DOOR STRIP TO FRONT DOOR. FLOORS MUST BE DETAILED CLEANED AND SANITIZED THROUGHOUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST REPAIR DAMAGED FLOOR IN REAR AND THROUGHOUT AS NEEDED, REPLACE/PROVIDE MISSING/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT AND REATTACH DOOR STRIP TO FRONT DOOR. FLOORS MUST BE DETAILED CLEANED AND SANITIZED THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST REPAIR ALL DAMAGED WALLS AND CEILING, REATTACH LOOSE WALL PANELS AND SEAL ALL CRACK/CREVICES THROUGHOUT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST REPAIR ALL DAMAGED WALLS AND CEILING, REATTACH LOOSE WALL PANELS AND SEAL ALL CRACK/CREVICES THROUGHOUT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. MUST PROPERLY INSTALL A 3-COMP. SINK WITH COMPARTMENTS LARGE ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE THE LARGEST UTENSIL, A METAL DRAINBOARD AND GREASE TRAP ATTACHED, WITH HOT/COLD WATER PER CITY CODE AND STOPPERS FOR ALL COMPARTMENTS.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.

When was Brandon's Food Mart last inspected?

Brandon's Food Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2010.

Brandon's Food Mart vs South Chicago

South Chicago runs 75% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 21 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in South Chicago, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 August 12, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.