Grand Food Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 31, 2024
• address5202 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Grand Food Market clean?

Grand Food Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 31, 2024. 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 Grand Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 31, 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 PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA IN REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN PAPER TOWELS AT ALL EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • FOUND READY TO EAT TCS FOODS IN REFRIGERATOR NOT DATE MARKED SUCH AS COOKED BEANS, BEEF AND GRILLED CHICKEN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL READY TO EAT TCS FOODS HELD FOR 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE MARKED WITH THE DATE THE FOOD WILL BE SOLD, DISCARDED OR CONSUMED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE CUTTING BOARD BEHIND THE MEAT COUNTER HEAVILY STAINED AND SCORED WITH DEBRIS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE THE CUTTING BOARD. • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON SHELVING UNITS AND FLOORS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD FROM SHELVING UNITS. ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS IN THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE REAR STORAGE AREA CHEST FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, REMOVE ICE, AND CLEAN. OBSERVED A HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF GREASE ON THE EQUIPMENT AND ON THE SHELF DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE FLAT TOP GRILL IN THE COOKS LINE AREA. OBSERVED OLD MEAT RESIDUE AND DEBRIS ON THE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE MEAT DEPARTMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DETAIL CLEAN SAID AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEADS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOP HEADS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. • CLEAN THE WALLS AND BASEBOARD AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP/STORAGE AREA. CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER. CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE TAQUERIA PREP AREA. CLEAN THE FLOOR BENEATH ALL OF THE RETAIL STORAGE SHELVES. • OBSERVED DIRT, GREASE, AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE RESTAURANT PREP AREA, THE MEAT DEPARTMENT, INSIDE THE GLASS DOOR WALK-IN COOLER, AND IN THE REAR DISH AREA AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DETAIL CLEAN SAID AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE TAQUERIA PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE TAQUERIA PREP AREA.

When was Grand Food Market last inspected?

Grand Food Market has 27 inspections on record going back to August 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Grand Food Market vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, 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 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.