Pick Me Up Mart

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 11, 2012 →
• address8159 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Pick Me Up Mart clean?

Pick Me Up Mart is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 11, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pick Me Up Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 11, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

When was Pick Me Up Mart last inspected?

Pick Me Up Mart has 2 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2012.

Pick Me Up Mart vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 77% clean across 156 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 22 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 156 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in Avalon Park

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• ✓! Kenny's Ribs & Dusties Express
  cooked · August 14, 2015
• ✕ Quick Shop Food Mart
  cooked · October 10, 2014
• ✓! Stony's Palace Cafe
  mid · April 23, 2020
• ✓! M & A Food, Inc.
  cooked · November 7, 2013
• ✓ J&J Fish & Chicken
  clean · July 10, 2017

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 11, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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