Express Food Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 10, 2019
• address6914 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Express Food Market clean?

Express Food Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2019. 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 Express Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA CLEAN UP POLICY OR KIT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY STAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED MAINTENANCE TOOLS SUCH AS BROOM, MOPS, DUSTPANS STORED ON THE FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE 6 INCHES OR MORE FROM THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED LITTER ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE SHELVES, IN THE FRONT WINDOWS, IN THE BACK STORAGE AREA AND THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. FOUND UNNECESSARY ITEMS SUCH AS UNUSED SHELVES, SIGNAGE, DENTED CANS, OVER STOCK, ETC IN THE BACK STORAGE AREA, THE FRONT WINDOWS, AND THE SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED TOILET ROOM VENTILATION FAN WITH ACCUMULATION OF DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED TOILET ROOM VENTILATION FAN WITH ACCUMULATION OF DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Express Food Market last inspected?

Express Food Market has 5 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2011.

Express Food Market vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 June 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.