Express Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2024 →
• address11058 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60628
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Express Food Mart clean?

Express Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Express Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container

When was Express Food Mart last inspected?

Express Food Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2020.

Express Food Mart vs Roseland

Roseland runs 78% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 18 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 December 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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