Market Pam Tropical

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2025
• address5540 W North Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Market Pam Tropical clean?

Market Pam Tropical is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2025. 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 Market Pam Tropical?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK INACCESSIBLE AT THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN OPERABLE DUE TO IT LEAKING WHEN IN USE AND THE COLD WATER TURNED OFF. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c)a. PLUMMER ARRIVED ON SITE TO FIX LEAK WHILE I WENT ON LUNCH

When was Market Pam Tropical last inspected?

Market Pam Tropical has 3 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2025.

Market Pam Tropical 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 22% 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 January 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.