Express Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2014
• address7701 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60620
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Express Food Mart clean?

Express Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Express Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • PREMISES HAS NO HOT WATER THROUGHOUT FOOD ESTABLISHMENT AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION AT NO HAND SINKS OR 3-COMP SINK.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND SINK HIDDEN BEHIND REACH IN FREEZER AND CLUTTER THAT WAS STORED ON THE SIDE OF REACH IN FREEZER MAKING THE HAND SINK TOTALLY NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR USE.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030.EMPLOYEES MOVED CLUTTER AND PULLED FREEZER OUT FROM HAND SINK-CDI.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED,IE GROUND BEEF FOR CHIPS.SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO TOWEL DEVICE AT HAND SINK IN PREP OR WASHROOM,OR SOAP DEVICE.MUST INSTALL.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NO TOWEL DEVICE AT HAND SINK IN PREP OR WASHROOM,OR SOAP DEVICE.MUST INSTALL.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NOT CLEAN OF EXCESSIVE DEBRIS IN CUSTOMER WAITING AREA,IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM.MUST CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NOT CLEAN OF EXCESSIVE DEBRIS IN CUSTOMER WAITING AREA,IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM.MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER TO MONITOR FOOD TEMPERATURES.MUST PROVIDE
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER TO MONITOR FOOD TEMPERATURES.MUST PROVIDE
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING CLEAN APRON OVER CLOTHING.MUST PROVIDE.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING CLEAN APRON OVER CLOTHING.MUST PROVIDE.

When was Express Food Mart last inspected?

Express Food Mart has 4 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2012.

Express Food Mart vs Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.

Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

Other spots in Auburn Gresham

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• ✓! J.S. Liquors
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• ✓! May Food Mart
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• ✓ Best Jerk
  clean · January 19, 2012
• ✓ Visionz Cafe Restaurant
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• ✓ Paulina Grocery
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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 4, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.