Sami Convenient Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 30, 2018
• address6000 W Irving Park, Chicago 60634

Is Sami Convenient Mart clean?

Sami Convenient Mart is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 30, 2018. 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 Sami Convenient Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEANING PROGRAM AND KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEANING PROGRAM AND KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SHELVING AT DRY STORAGE AREA IN THE BASEMENT DIRTY.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN SHELVING. CORE VIOLATION
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO SERVICE SINK ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A SERVICE SINK ON PREMISES WITH A BACK FLOW DEVICE. CORE VIOLATION
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING PANEL MISSING FROM CEILING IN THE BASEMENT.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE CEILING PANEL. CORE VIOLATION

When was Sami Convenient Mart last inspected?

Sami Convenient Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2018.

Sami Convenient Mart vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, 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 November 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.