Happy Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 2, 2025
• address2334 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Happy Market clean?

Happy Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Happy Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • UPON ARRIVAL, OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNS AT EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE BASEMENT OR IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-501.112: OBSERVED DEAD ROACHES INSIDE THE MOP SINK BASIN IN THE BUTCHER AREA, STICKY TRAPS IN BASEMENT FLOORS, ON THE WALL NEAR THE HOOD IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DEAD ROACHES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SHELF UNDER FOOD PREP TABLE BEHIND BUTCHER AREA WITH RUST. ALSO, OBSERVED DEBRIS ON THE SHELVES IN THE SHOPPING AISLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST AND DEBRIS AND MAKE SURFACE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Happy Market last inspected?

Happy Market has 4 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2023.

Happy Market vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 January 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.