Mama's Meat Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
• address3400 W 79Th St, Chicago 60652
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mama's Meat Market clean?

Mama's Meat Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mama's Meat Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, 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 THE GASKET SEAL AROUND THE ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF REPLACING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. • OBSERVED THE LARGE CUTTING BOARD IN THE REAR MEAT DEPARTMENT WITH DEEP DARK CUTTING GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE SHELVING AND ALONG THE WALL OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE REAR UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE AIR VENT COVERS IN THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING OF DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS STORED IN WALK IN COOLING UNIT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE AIR VENT COVERS IN THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING OF DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS STORED IN WALK IN COOLING UNIT.

When was Mama's Meat Market last inspected?

Mama's Meat Market has 4 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2022.

Mama's Meat Market vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.