Damen Food Market

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 6, 2020
• address2001 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Damen Food Market clean?

Damen Food Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 6, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Damen Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-302.12 OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO PROPERLY TAKE TEMPERATURES OF COLD AND HOT FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED WITH A 1/4 INCH GAP. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAID DOOR TIGHT FITTING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED ITEMS ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND ELEVATE EVERYTHING AT LEAST 6 INCHES.

When was Damen Food Market last inspected?

Damen Food Market has 3 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2019.

Damen Food Market vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 6, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.