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
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

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 79% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 30 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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