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J & A Oriental Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address5755 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is J & A Oriental Food Mart clean?
J & A Oriental Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at J & A Oriental Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN IN EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEES IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
When was J & A Oriental Food Mart last inspected?
J & A Oriental Food Mart has 23 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2017 | Fail |
J & A Oriental Food Mart 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 69% 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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.