Lawndale Food Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 5, 2016
• address3705-3713 W 16Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Lawndale Food Market clean?

Lawndale Food Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 5, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lawndale Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE ALL HEAVILY STAINED CHIP TRAYS ON SALES FLOOR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE ALL HEAVILY STAINED CHIP TRAYS ON SALES FLOOR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL STORAGE SHELVES UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AREA, INTERIORS OF ALL REACH-IN COOLERS ON SALES FLOOR, CABINET INTERIORS UNDERNEATH WASHBOWLS IN BOTH WASHROOMS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL SECTIONS AND AREAS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT STILL ON PREMISES(INCLUDING ALL DISCONNECTED MEAT CASES, WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS). MUST REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL FLOOR AREAS WHERE PUDDLES OF WATER ARE PRESENT DRY.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL SECTIONS AND AREAS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT STILL ON PREMISES(INCLUDING ALL DISCONNECTED MEAT CASES, WALK-IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS). MUST REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL FLOOR AREAS WHERE PUDDLES OF WATER ARE PRESENT DRY.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING AND MOLDED CEILING TILES INSIDE MOP CLOSET INSIDE FEMALE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. REPAIR ALL SECTIONS OF CEILINGS THROUGHOUT WHERE HOLES AND OPENINGS ARE PRESENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING AND MOLDED CEILING TILES INSIDE MOP CLOSET INSIDE FEMALE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. REPAIR ALL SECTIONS OF CEILINGS THROUGHOUT WHERE HOLES AND OPENINGS ARE PRESENT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING INSIDE MOP CLOSET ROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST CLEAN ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT REAR SECTIONS OF BUSINESS.

When was Lawndale Food Market last inspected?

Lawndale Food Market has 17 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lawndale Food Market vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% of them.

Other spots in North Lawndale

• ✓ Waylow Discount Food
  clean · September 15, 2010
• ? Dominick's #169/1699
  cooked · December 7, 2010
• ? Tasty Beef
  cooked · May 17, 2013
• ✕ Jesse Scott
  cooked · December 1, 2011
• ✓! Chan's Garden Chinese Restaurant
  mid · March 9, 2012
• ? Elbo's Bar-B-Que House
  cooked · December 15, 2014

See every restaurant inspection in North Lawndale →

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 May 5, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.