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El Mercado Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 22, 2017
- address3767 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60613
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is El Mercado Food Mart clean?
El Mercado Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Mercado Food Mart?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2017. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Mercado Food Mart last inspected?
El Mercado Food Mart has 11 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| September 22, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2010 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2010 | Pass |
El Mercado Food Mart vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.