Laramie & Lake Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 9, 2020
• address336-338 N Laramie Ave, Chicago 60644
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Laramie & Lake Food Mart clean?

Laramie & Lake Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 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 Laramie & Lake Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 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 • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE SIGNED COPIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. SUPPLIES MUST INCLUDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER THAT ELIMINATES NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP POLICY AND SUPPLIES TO PROPERLY HANDLE BODILY FLUID SPILLS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER ON SITE TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL FOOD TEMPERATURE OF TCS FOODS (NACHO CHEESE AND GROUND BEEF). FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROPER THERMOMETERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTH HANGING ON THE SIDE OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED IN THE MEAT AREA IN THE REAR. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE ONE DOOR DRINK COOLERS #4, #5, #7, AND #10). INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREMISE (REAR MEAT AREA, SALES FLOOR, AND FRONT CASHIER AREA. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING. • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE IN THE REAR MEAT AREA SOILED WITH FOOD DERBIS AND SPLASH. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILDUP IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER ON THE SALES FLOOR. MUST REMOVE EXCESS ICE, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP IN A POSITION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE STORED IN THE REAR MEAT AREA. MUST STORE MOP AFTER USE IN A MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING. • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES.

When was Laramie & Lake Food Mart last inspected?

Laramie & Lake Food Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to November 23, 2015.

Laramie & Lake Food Mart vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 17% of them.

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• ✓ Moe & Ace Grocery
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• ✓ El Surtidazo Botanero
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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 April 9, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.