Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2016
• address3364 W Ogden Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine clean?

Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 16, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA NOT MAINTAINING ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE. AIR TEMP RECORDED AT 62.5F. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL FOOD ITEMS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES AND HAVE UNIT SERVICED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES:CUT LETTUCE-48.1F, POLISHES-61.0F,GYRO MEAT-68F, CHICKEN GIZZARDS-57.1F, CHICKEN TENDERS-55.1F, CHICKEN WINGS-59.9F, CHICKEN LEGS-59.6F, TALAPIA-62.1F, BUFFALO CHICKEN-60.8F. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED UNDER REFRIGERATION MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES WERE DISCARDED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP FROM THE INTERIORS OF DEEP FREEZERS. CIGARETTE BURNS OBSERVED ON SHELVES IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, PAINT ALL UN-CLEANABLE SURFACES(INCLUDING EXTERIOR OF RUSTY GREASE TRAP).
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP FROM THE INTERIORS OF DEEP FREEZERS. CIGARETTE BURNS OBSERVED ON SHELVES IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, PAINT ALL UN-CLEANABLE SURFACES(INCLUDING EXTERIOR OF RUSTY GREASE TRAP).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CABINET INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF DEEP FRYERS, ALL STORAGE SHELVES AND PREP TALBES, INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS(INCLUDING ALL DOOR TRACKS OF SLIDING DOORS) AND FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE ALL DIRT, STAINS, AND GREASY BUILD-UP FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM LIGHT SHIELD'S WHERE PRESENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE ALL DIRT, STAINS, AND GREASY BUILD-UP FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT. REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. CLEAN DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM LIGHT SHIELD'S WHERE PRESENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM THE REAR DISH WASHING/PREP AREA.

When was Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine last inspected?

Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine has 7 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010.

Ogden Food Mart/Sam's Submarine vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 September 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.