Colfax Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
• address2600 E 87Th St, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Colfax Mart clean?

Colfax Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Colfax Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • 4-301.11 OBSERVED A PREP COOLER, NO TCS FOODS INSIDE, AT AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 71F DURING THE INSPECTION. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MAY NOT BE USED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED AN UNUSED COFFEE MACHINE BY THE FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED IF COFFEE MACHINE WILL BE IN USE, THEN THE MACHINE HAS TO BE STATIONED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 3-307.11 OBSERVED THE FACILITY MUST IMPLEMENT A "EMPLOYEES ONLY" SIGN BY THE ENTRANCE OF THE FOOD PREP AREA IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION BY CUSTOMERS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED AN UNUSED COFFEE MACHINE BY THE FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED IF COFFEE MACHINE WILL BE IN USE, THEN THE MACHINE HAS TO BE STATIONED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 3-307.11 OBSERVED THE FACILITY MUST IMPLEMENT A "EMPLOYEES ONLY" SIGN BY THE ENTRANCE OF THE FOOD PREP AREA IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION BY CUSTOMERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED AN UNUSED HOT HOLDING UNIT AND HOT DOG WARMER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ANY UNUSED EQUIPMENT.

When was Colfax Mart last inspected?

Colfax Mart has 1 inspection on record going back to February 4, 2026.

Colfax Mart vs Calumet Heights

Calumet Heights runs 73% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 28 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Calumet Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.