Howard Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2016
• address2059 W Howard St, Chicago 60645

Is Howard Food Mart clean?

Howard Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Howard Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES IN REAR CRACKED AND BROKEN. REPAIR/REPLACE CRACKED BROKEN FLOOR TILES AND REPLACE FLOOR DRAIN COVER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR TILES IN REAR CRACKED AND BROKEN. REPAIR/REPLACE CRACKED BROKEN FLOOR TILES AND REPLACE FLOOR DRAIN COVER.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL UNDER MOP SINK WITH WALL OPENING. REPAIR WALL SO THAT THERE IS NO OPENING AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL UNDER MOP SINK WITH WALL OPENING. REPAIR WALL SO THAT THERE IS NO OPENING AND MAINTAIN
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED BACK FLOW PREVNETION DEVICE NEEDED ON MOP SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT MUST BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED: LARGE REACH IN FREEZER LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF STORE. SMALL REACH IN REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN PREP AREA. SMALL COLD HOLD UNIT LOCATED IN PREP AREA. REPAIR ITEMS FOR SERVICE OR REMOVE ITMES FROM PREMISES.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HADNLER INFORMATIOIN PROVIDED AT PREVIOSU INSPECTION
  Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HADNLER INFORMATIOIN PROVIDED AT PREVIOSU INSPECTION

When was Howard Food Mart last inspected?

Howard Food Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2016.

Howard Food Mart vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 3, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.