Damen Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2016
• address6240 S Damen Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Damen Food Mart clean?

Damen Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2016. 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 Damen Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER WHERE ITALIAN BEEF, GROUND BEEF AND NACHOS ARE SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL FOOD FROM THIS AREA UNTIL AN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IS INSTALLED. ALSO, THE TOILET IN THE WASHROOM IS IN DISREPAIR. THE TOILET FLUSH LEVER WAS BROKEN SO THE TOILET WOULD NOT FLUSH. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TOILET AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST PAINT THE DRYWALL CEILING AND SECTION OF WOOD PANELING ON THE CEILING IN THE REAR AREA SO THAT THE CEILING IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST PAINT THE DRYWALL CEILING AND SECTION OF WOOD PANELING ON THE CEILING IN THE REAR AREA SO THAT THE CEILING IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • THE WASHROOM DOES IS NOT SELF-CLOSING AND OPENS INTO THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOOR.

When was Damen Food Mart last inspected?

Damen Food Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2014.

Damen Food Mart vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

• ✓ Father & Son Food Mart
  clean · April 27, 2023
• ✓ Chicago's Grill Fish, Chicken
  clean · July 5, 2017
• ✓ What's Your Budget
  clean · January 29, 2015
• ✓! 72St Shell
  mid · January 18, 2019
• ✓! Happy Fish & Chicken
  mid · November 29, 2016
• ✓ Kentucky Fried Chicken
  clean · January 25, 2016

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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 October 31, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.