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Paulette's Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 2, 2021
- address1221 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineGrocery/Deli
Is Paulette's Market clean?
Paulette's Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 2, 2021. 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 Paulette's Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE IN THE 1ST FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED MINOR ACCUMULATED DEBRIS UNDER THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
When was Paulette's Market last inspected?
Paulette's Market has 5 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 25, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| February 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 2, 2019 | — |
Paulette's Market vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 February 2, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.