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Nelson's Mini-Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2014
- address608 E 61St St, Chicago 60637
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Nelson's Mini-Mart clean?
Nelson's Mini-Mart is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 10, 2014. 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 Nelson's Mini-Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NEED TO SEAL NEW WALLS GOING INTO NEW PREP AREA, AND IN REAR RESTROOM.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NEED TO SEAL NEW WALLS GOING INTO NEW PREP AREA, AND IN REAR RESTROOM.
When was Nelson's Mini-Mart last inspected?
Nelson's Mini-Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| March 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2011 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2011 | Fail |
Nelson's Mini-Mart vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 35% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 100 clean, 25 mid, 159 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, 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 March 10, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.