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Friends Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 23, 2022
- address5217 W North Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Friends Food Mart clean?
Friends Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2022. 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 Friends Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE INSIDE RESTROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RUST, DIRT, AND DEBRIS INSIDE THE COOLERS IN THE CUSTOMER AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE RUST, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX RESTROOM. MUST PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX RESTROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND GAPS AND CRACKS IN THE FLOORING LOCATED IN THE CUSTOMER AREA AND BEHIND THE FRONT REGISTER COUNTER. FOUND THE REAR DIVIDING WALL SEPARATING THE REAR STORAGE AREA FROM THE STORE FLOOR MADE OF A NON-CLEANABLE MATERIAL. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR/REPLACE FLOORING AND WALL SO THAT THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • FOUND A HOLE IN THE WALL UNDERNEATH THE RESTROOM HANDWASHING SINK. MUST REPAIR HOLE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Friends Food Mart last inspected?
Friends Food Mart has 1 inspection on record going back to March 23, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2022 | Pass |
Friends Food Mart vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 March 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.