Needs Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 29, 2023
• address6342 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60646
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Needs Food Mart clean?

Needs Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 29, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Needs Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK IN (WASHROOM).
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER AT FRONT CUSTOMER AREA . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT UTILITY MOP SINK. MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE AT THE WASHROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE AT THE WASHROOM DOOR.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DAMAGED CARPET THROUGHOUT FLOORS ON SIDE STORAGE ROOM AND PROVIDE FLOORING SUCH THAT ITS MAINTAINED TO SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE FLOORS.

When was Needs Food Mart last inspected?

Needs Food Mart has 1 inspection on record going back to June 29, 2023.

Needs Food Mart vs Forest Glen

Forest Glen runs 77% clean across 113 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 15 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 113 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

Other spots in Forest Glen

• ✓ Pantera Superfoods
  clean · August 4, 2023
• ✓ Edgebrook Coffee Shop
  clean · April 25, 2025
• ✓ Villa Rosa Pizza Kitchen
  clean · January 22, 2025
• ✓ Chai Asian Bistro
  clean · March 25, 2025
• ✓ Bella Boba Cafe
  clean · May 23, 2025
• ✓ Chunn Thai Cuisine
  clean · April 24, 2025

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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 June 29, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.