Roosevelt Food Market, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2021
• address3959 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60624
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Roosevelt Food Market, Inc. clean?

Roosevelt Food Market, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 29, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Roosevelt Food Market, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO SPECIFIC PERSON IN CHARGE. NO PERSON ON SITE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. SEE #2.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED THAT CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS (TURKEY, ITALIAN BEEF, NACHOS) ARE BEING SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE POSTED ON SITE OR NECESSARY ITEMS AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIAARHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED MEAT SLICER IN PREP AREA WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE BLADE AND MEAT HOLDER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OSBERVED TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES INSIDE DISPLAY COOLER AND PREP AREA: TOMATO (56.6F), TURKEY (48.6F), CORNED BEEF (50.6F). INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD APPROXIMATELY 10 POUNDS OF FOOD PRODUCTS. PRIORITY. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders • CUSTOMERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INSIDE OF THE STORE AND THERE IS NO SIGN POSTED ON FRONT DOOR TO INFORM CUSTOMERS TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE.
  Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders • CUSTOMERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INSIDE OF THE STORE AND THERE IS NO SIGN POSTED ON FRONT DOOR TO INFORM CUSTOMERS TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE.

When was Roosevelt Food Market, Inc. last inspected?

Roosevelt Food Market, Inc. has 12 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2013.

Roosevelt Food Market, Inc. 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 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 September 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.