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Drexel Food Mart
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2018
- address901 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Drexel Food Mart clean?
Drexel Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Drexel Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 ISSUED.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A).
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • FOUND NO TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING TEMPS OF HOT FOODS; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE BOTTOM AREA OF FRYERS IN NEED OF CLEANING; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYER BOTTOM TO REMOVE GREASE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOME FLOOR TILE IN THE PREP AREA AND WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE FLOOR TILE WHERE NEEDED.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
When was Drexel Food Mart last inspected?
Drexel Food Mart has 4 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| December 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2017 | Fail |
Drexel Food Mart vs Avalon Park
Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 December 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.