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.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED PACKAGED CHEESECAKE AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS DISPLAYED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NOT PROPERLY LABELED WITH BUSINESS NAME, ADDRESS, INGREDIENTS, ETC. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL PACKAGED FOOD ITEMS DISPLAYED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, IN SALES, PREP STORAGE AND WALK-IN COOLER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, IN SALES, PREP STORAGE AND WALK-IN COOLER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE STOPPERS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SOILED CARDBOARD TRAYS ON CHIP DISPLAY SHELVES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE SOILED TRAYS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR MANUAL WASHING OF MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE TO FIT IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE WRITTEN SANITIZING PROCEDURE FOR LARGE EQUIPMENT.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR MANUAL WASHING OF MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE TO FIT IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE WRITTEN SANITIZING PROCEDURE FOR LARGE EQUIPMENT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP TABLE, COOLER, SLICER IN PREP AREA. OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON SHELVING UNITS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AND IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM.

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 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 54 mid, 68 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 December 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.