Madison Food Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 13, 2022
• address5255 W Madison St, Chicago 60644
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Madison Food Market clean?

Madison Food Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 13, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Madison Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AT THE OPENING OF THE MEAT DISPLAY UNIT AND THE BONE SAW MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT HARBORING. • OBSERVED BADLY STAINED CUTTING BOARD ON REAR FOOD PREP TABLE WHERE MEAT SLICER IS LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD AND FOOD CONTACT SURFACE. • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING TO STORE BEVERAGES IN WALK IN COOLER IN THE REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER SHELVING THAT IS AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR, AS A MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED RAW EXPOSED WOOD AS A DUCK BOARD/BASE BOARD RUNNING ALONG WALL LEFT OF THE HAND WASHING SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PAINT OR STAIN TO MAKE EASY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF ICE AND DIRT IN THE REACH IN FREEZER LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE. OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF DIRT, STAINS AND FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE MEAT DISPLAY UNIT IN THE REAR MEAT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IN THE REAR PREP AREA, REAR STORAGE AREA (DEEP FREEZERS) AND ON THE SALES FLOOR UNDER SHELVING WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT, DUST AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS. • OBSERVED ITEMS CLUTTERING BACK AREA NEAR MOP SINK (OLD SHELVING, CASH REGISTER AND OTHER ITEMS) INSTRUCTED TO CLEAR ALL ITEMS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING HARBORING OF PEST AND INSECTS.

When was Madison Food Market last inspected?

Madison Food Market has 2 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2022.

Madison Food Market 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 38% 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 July 13, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.