Ez Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 3, 2012
• address914 W Madison St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Ez Food Mart clean?

Ez Food Mart is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 3, 2012. 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 Ez Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 3, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DEFROST ICE CREAM FREEZERS TO REMOVE EXCESS ICE BUILD-UP.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES IN STAFF TOILET ROOM AT WALL ABOVE TOILET WATER TANK. MUST REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENINGS AROUND PIPES IN STAFF TOILET ROOM AT WALL ABOVE TOILET WATER TANK. MUST REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE A BACKFLOW PREVENTOR AT UTILITY SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST BETTER ORGANIZE AND DECLUTTER REAR STORAGE AREA. ITEMS MUST BE 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.

When was Ez Food Mart last inspected?

Ez Food Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2012.

Ez Food Mart vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 3, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.