Macias Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 6, 2021
• address8329 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Macias Food Mart clean?

Macias Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2021. 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 Macias Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • PREMISES HAS NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND/OR DIARRHEA EVENTS AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REACH IN COOLERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE ON THE REAR MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN LIGHTS IN THE WASH ROOM. • OBSERVED VENTILATION NOT WORKING IN THE WASH ROOM. MUST REPAIR, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN LIGHTS IN THE WASH ROOM. • OBSERVED VENTILATION NOT WORKING IN THE WASH ROOM. MUST REPAIR, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Macias Food Mart last inspected?

Macias Food Mart has 1 inspection on record going back to May 6, 2021.

Macias Food Mart vs Chatham

Chatham runs 33% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 146 clean, 43 mid, 252 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 May 6, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.