Dave's Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 23, 2019
• address1759 W 79Th St, Chicago 60620
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Dave's Food Mart clean?

Dave's Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dave's Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • FOUND MULTI-USE UTENSILS STORED UNDER THE CUTTING BOARD IN THE REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE UTENSILS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • FOUND MULTI-USE UTENSILS STORED UNDER THE CUTTING BOARD IN THE REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE UTENSILS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS IN THE REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER SAND OR REPLACE. MUST MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYER WITH THICK GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. ICE CREAM FREEZERS IN THE FRONT AND REAR WITH THICK ICE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST FREEZERS. MAINTAIN ALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND SINKS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Dave's Food Mart last inspected?

Dave's Food Mart has 6 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2017.

Dave's Food Mart vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.