New Sams Food Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 23, 2021
• address5038 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is New Sams Food Mart clean?

New Sams Food Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2021. 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 New Sams Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE/PLAN AND KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTEDFACILITY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAINA PROCEDURE/PLAN AND TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE TWO DOOR OF MILK REACH-IN COOLER ,REPAIR. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATESAS A MEANS OF ELEVATION,REMOVE AND PROVIDE A RAISED SHELF. CABINET UNDER THE WASHBOWL INSIDE THE WASHROOM IN POOR REPAR,BROKEN,NO DOORS,ROUGH SURFACE AND NOT CLEANABLE,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL • NAKED WOOD PLATFORM BEHIND FRONT COUNTER NOT EASY CLEANABLE.SURFACE MUST BE SMMOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARDS AS LINER ON SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE SELLING AND STORAGE AREA, REMOVE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • CRAKED MOP SINK INSIDE WASHROOM MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. ALSO PIPE UNDER THE MOP SINK IS LEAKING,ALSO FAUCET AT SAID SINK IS LEAKING.REPAIR CAUSE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOR SAID DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOR SAID DOOR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER DAMAGED,CRACKED CEILING AND MISSING PIECES ABOVE REACH-IN COOLER IN SELLING AREA MUST BE REPLACED/REPAIRED WITH A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. ALL BROKEN FLOOR TILES REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPES MUST BE REPLACED AT FOLLOWING AREAS: IN FRONT OF SODA COOLER,REAR STORAGE AREA, IN FRONT OF EXIT SIDE DOOR(NORTH SITE),AND BEHIND COOLERS.SURFACE MUST CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. ALSO CEILING AND WALLS WITH BLACK PEELING PAINT AT FOOD STORAGE BY THE STAIRS, MUST BE REMOVED AND REPAINT.EASILY CLEANBLE.

When was New Sams Food Mart last inspected?

New Sams Food Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2012.

New Sams Food Mart vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 February 23, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.