Lorel Ave Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedApril 16, 2020
• address5335 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery/Gas Station

Is Lorel Ave Food Mart clean?

Lorel Ave Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lorel Ave Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE PREPARING AND SERVING TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (ITALIAN BEEF, CHEESE, SLICED DELI MEAT, SLICED TOMATOES, CHICKEN). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE AND VALID ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON SITE OR NECESSARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIAARHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AVAILABLE AT THE WASHBOWL IN TOILET ROOM.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAND DRYING PROVISION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030 (c). NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR TESTING THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN GROCERY STORE AREA OF FACILITY NEAR WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Lorel Ave Food Mart last inspected?

Lorel Ave Food Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2012.

Lorel Ave Food Mart vs Austin

Austin runs 29% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 224 clean, 60 mid, 478 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 April 16, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.