M & A Food, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2013
• address958 E 79 St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is M & A Food, Inc. clean?

M & A Food, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 7, 2013. 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 M & A Food, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • COOKED BEEF FROM 11-6-13 NOT COOLED PROPERLY, FOUND AT 48F IN DEEP CONTAINER IN COOLER IN FOOD PREP AREA. ALL COOKED FOODS THAT ARE COOLED MUST BE PLACED IN SHALLOW CONTAINERS AND MUST BE COOLED TO REQUIRED TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES WITH 6 HOURS (140 TO 70 IN 2 HOURS AND FROM 70 TO 40 IN 4HOURS). PRODUCT DISCARDED. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS, EXPOSED HANDSINK, SHELVES UNDER PREP TABLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CONTINUE TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING BASEMENT, ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPLACE SECTIONS OF FLOOR TILES THAT ARE IN POOR REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CONTINUE TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING BASEMENT, ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPLACE SECTIONS OF FLOOR TILES THAT ARE IN POOR REPAIR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ATTACHED EQUIPMENT IN CEILING ABOVE AND WALL BEHIND PREP TABLE WHERE BURGERS, CHICKEN AND FRIES ARE PREPARED(GREASY BUILD-UP. CLEAN WATER STAINED AND UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS, AND REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN ATTACHED EQUIPMENT IN CEILING ABOVE AND WALL BEHIND PREP TABLE WHERE BURGERS, CHICKEN AND FRIES ARE PREPARED(GREASY BUILD-UP. CLEAN WATER STAINED AND UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS, AND REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • DEEP FRYERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK ON PREMISES AND ARE SET UP IN FOOD PREP AREA. NO COOKING OR PREPPING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT THIS TIME. AN EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH MEETS THE CHICAGO DEPT. OF VENTILATION IS STILL REQUIRED TO USE THIS TYPE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT ON PREMISES.
• ⚠️No Smoking Regulations • OBSERVED OWNER SMOKING CIGARETTE BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015
  No Smoking Regulations • OBSERVED OWNER SMOKING CIGARETTE BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. CITATION ISSUED 7-32-015

When was M & A Food, Inc. last inspected?

M & A Food, Inc. has 7 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2012.

M & A Food, Inc. vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

• ✓ J&J Fish & Chicken
  clean · July 10, 2017
• ✓ Harold's Chicken
  clean · October 2, 2025
• ✕ Three G Bbq Restaurant
  cooked · April 18, 2014
• ✓ F & M Food Mart
  clean · January 24, 2013
• ✓ 4Js
  clean · January 25, 2013
• ✓ Club Escape
  clean · May 16, 2013

See every restaurant inspection in Avalon Park →

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 November 7, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.