Howard Mini Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 19, 2020
• address7519 N Paulina St, Chicago 60626
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Howard Mini Market clean?

Howard Mini Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 19, 2020. 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 Howard Mini Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE VERIFICATION OF POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ONE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MANAGEMENT UNABLE TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE UPRIGHT FREEZER DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE CONDENSATION UNITS.

When was Howard Mini Market last inspected?

Howard Mini Market has 4 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2019.

Howard Mini Market vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 33% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 60 mid, 426 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 June 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.