Drake Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2021
• address957 N Drake Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Drake Mart clean?

Drake Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 1, 2021. 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 Drake Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED 1 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE DRINK STATION SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Drake Mart last inspected?

Drake Mart has 4 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2021.

Drake Mart vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Humboldt Park

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• ✓ Spinning J
  clean · September 14, 2021
• ✓ La Tropicana
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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 1, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.