Sams Food Incorporated

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 5, 2025
• address6401 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sams Food Incorporated clean?

Sams Food Incorporated is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sams Food Incorporated?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED MANAGER ON DUTY WITHOUT A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH A CURRENT CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AND POSTED WHENEVER TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY (TCS) FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND/OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS (BEVERAGES) STORED IMPROPERLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY AND STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS (BEVERAGES) STORED IMPROPERLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY AND STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BY ELEVATING AT LEAST SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR ON RAISED SHELVING UNITS.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED SURROUNDING AREA AT DUMPSTER LITTERED WITH WHITE TRASH BAGS AND BOX OF BEER BOTTLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF TRASH/DEBRIS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED SURROUNDING AREA AT DUMPSTER LITTERED WITH WHITE TRASH BAGS AND BOX OF BEER BOTTLES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF TRASH/DEBRIS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP STORED/DRYING IMPROPERLY IN REAR AREA OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO STORE/DRY MOP WITH MOPHEAD IN MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING.

When was Sams Food Incorporated last inspected?

Sams Food Incorporated has 4 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2024.

Sams Food Incorporated vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 December 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.