Express Food Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2020
• address1800-1808 E 87Th St, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Express Food Market clean?

Express Food Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 26, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Express Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SPILLS AND DEBRIS INSIDE CABINETS AND CUP HOLDERS IN BEVERAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED HOT WATER HANDLE IN POOR REPAIR AT HAND SINK IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK IN COFFEE DISPENSING AREA AND DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL HAND WASHING SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS IN COFFEE DISPENSING AND DISH WASHING AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C)
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MISSING FAN COVER INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE.

When was Express Food Market last inspected?

Express Food Market has 3 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2016.

Express Food Market 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 0% of them.

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• ✓ Bp
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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 August 26, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.