Downtown Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2023
• address404 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60611
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Downtown Food Mart clean?

Downtown Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2023. 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 Downtown Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE POSTED ON SITE FOR CLEANING UP VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO SERVICE SINK ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED PLUMBING FIXTURES IN TOILET ROOM IN NEED OF CLEANING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED PLUMBING FIXTURES IN TOILET ROOM IN NEED OF CLEANING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER-STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT GROCERY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MOPS STORED INSIDE OF TOILET ROOM IMPROPERLY. INSTRUCTED TO HANG FOR PROPER DRYING. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE TRASH UNDERNEATH ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS AND SLOT MACHINES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED BROKEN FREEZERS ON SITE STORED AT THE FRONT OF STORE INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN PREMISE.

When was Downtown Food Mart last inspected?

Downtown Food Mart has 1 inspection on record going back to September 22, 2023.

Downtown Food Mart vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 September 22, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.