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La Unica Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2024
- address1515 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60660
- cuisineRestaurant/Grocery Store
Is La Unica Food Mart clean?
La Unica Food Mart is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 23, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at La Unica Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19--- MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR ALL STORED ITEMS. FLOORS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES FOR CLEANING AND MONITORING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--- BROKEN FLOOR TILE UNDER THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REPLACE TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
When was La Unica Food Mart last inspected?
La Unica Food Mart has 26 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2018 | Pass |
La Unica Food Mart vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.