Mario's Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2020
• address224 W 31St St, Chicago 60616
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mario's Food Mart clean?

Mario's Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2020. 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 Mario's Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE NOR A CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN BOTH. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM IS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM IS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.

When was Mario's Food Mart last inspected?

Mario's Food Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2011.

Mario's Food Mart vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 16, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.