Mario Grocery & Fast Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 28, 2016
• address6558 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mario Grocery & Fast Food clean?

Mario Grocery & Fast Food is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 28, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Mario Grocery & Fast Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATES POSTED ON THE PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (ITALIAN BEEF AT 190.1F) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WITH A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.

When was Mario Grocery & Fast Food last inspected?

Mario Grocery & Fast Food has 7 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2013.

Mario Grocery & Fast Food vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 29% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 21 mid, 259 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 28, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.