Sam's Grocery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 24, 2013
• address661 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sam's Grocery clean?

Sam's Grocery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 24, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sam's Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT ALL RAW WOOD AROUND SERVICE COUNTER AREA INCLUDING EXTERIOR OF DOOR FRAME. FINISH PAINTING ALL OTHER WALLS THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • PAINT ALL RAW WOOD AROUND SERVICE COUNTER AREA INCLUDING EXTERIOR OF DOOR FRAME. FINISH PAINTING ALL OTHER WALLS THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL DISPLAY SHELVES, AND ALL SINKS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SEAL ALL LOOSE FLOOR TILES ON SALES FLOOR. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT, ALONG WALL BASES AND IN CORNERS. ALL STOCK MUST BE STORED ELEVATED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR(NO CRATES). REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILE(S).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • SEAL ALL LOOSE FLOOR TILES ON SALES FLOOR. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT, ALONG WALL BASES AND IN CORNERS. ALL STOCK MUST BE STORED ELEVATED 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR(NO CRATES). REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILE(S).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED AND UNCLEAN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. SEAL CRACKS IN WALLS ON SALES FLOOR. SEAL ALL LOOSE BASEBOARDS(WALL COVE) THROUGHOUT. CLEAN DOOR OF SERVICE COUNTER AREA. REPLACE MISSING COVER FOR MAIL SLOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT DOOR. REPAIR BOTTOM OF REAR EXIT DOOR TO COMMON BACK AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED AND UNCLEAN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. SEAL CRACKS IN WALLS ON SALES FLOOR. SEAL ALL LOOSE BASEBOARDS(WALL COVE) THROUGHOUT. CLEAN DOOR OF SERVICE COUNTER AREA. REPLACE MISSING COVER FOR MAIL SLOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT DOOR. REPAIR BOTTOM OF REAR EXIT DOOR TO COMMON BACK AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPLACE MISSING PIPE FOR AREA LEAKING CLEAR WATER FROM FIRST FLOOR ONTO BASEMENT FLOOR, MAKING SURE IT EXTENDS OVER FLOOR DRAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN REAR.

When was Sam's Grocery last inspected?

Sam's Grocery has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2013.

Sam's Grocery vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

• ✕ Sweet Market Inc.
  cooked · March 11, 2013
• ✓ 79Th Food Mart, Inc
  clean · February 19, 2013
• ✓! Harold's Chicken
  mid · May 17, 2013
• ✓ Burger King #181
  clean · June 16, 2014
• ✓ Cytee's Foodon The Go
  clean · March 20, 2013
• ✓ Citgo
  clean · September 13, 2013

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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 January 24, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.