Js Martinez Corporation

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2016
• address4125 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Js Martinez Corporation clean?

Js Martinez Corporation is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Js Martinez Corporation?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO SOAP FOUND AT EXPOSED HAND WASHING FACILITY WHICH WAS ALSO TURNED OFF UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM, AND NO SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-030.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED MGR. ON PREMISES WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED AT START OF INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED(CUT LEAFY GREENS, BEEF, RICE). SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012(A).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • : PAINT RUSTY EXTERIORS OF DEEP FREEZER AND REACH-IN FREEZER IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. FOUND PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS WITH UNCOVERED FOODS INSIDE IN DEEP FREEZERS AND COOLERS, MUST STORE ALL UNCOVERED FOODS IN FOOD GRADE PLASTIC STORAGE BAGS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • : PAINT RUSTY EXTERIORS OF DEEP FREEZER AND REACH-IN FREEZER IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. FOUND PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS WITH UNCOVERED FOODS INSIDE IN DEEP FREEZERS AND COOLERS, MUST STORE ALL UNCOVERED FOODS IN FOOD GRADE PLASTIC STORAGE BAGS.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE, MUST STORE IT IN A CLEAN CONTAINER PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE, MUST STORE IT IN A CLEAN CONTAINER PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.

When was Js Martinez Corporation last inspected?

Js Martinez Corporation has 5 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2015.

Js Martinez Corporation vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 August 15, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.