Mandela African Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 27, 2024 →
• address722 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mandela African Grocery clean?

Mandela African Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 27, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mandela African Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Mandela African Grocery last inspected?

Mandela African Grocery has 6 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2015.

Mandela African Grocery vs Chatham

Chatham runs 71% clean across 205 tracked restaurants — 144 clean, 43 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 205 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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