Home Lake Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2026
• address210 N Homan Ave, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Home Lake Food Mart clean?

Home Lake Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Home Lake Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.17 OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES TO MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON WINDOWSILL AND SHELVES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, DUST BUIDLUP ON BASES OF COOLERS AND FREEZERS IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED UNFINISHED FLOORS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AND PEELING PAINT ON FLOORS IN SALES AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE IN ALL AREAS.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED NO VENTILATION FAN INSIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE OPERABLE MECHANICAL VENTILATION INSIDE WASHROOM.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED NO VENTILATION FAN INSIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE OPERABLE MECHANICAL VENTILATION INSIDE WASHROOM.

When was Home Lake Food Mart last inspected?

Home Lake Food Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2026.

Home Lake Food Mart vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, 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, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.