Somer Food Market, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 10, 2018
• address2812-1/2 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Somer Food Market, Inc. clean?

Somer Food Market, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 10, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

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

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14 NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • 3-501.16(A)(2)(A) THE FOLLOWING FOODS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN THE DISPLAY COOLER. CUT PICKLED VEGETABLE AT 53.2F AND 54.3F, SLICED TURNIPS AT 56.4F, OLIVES AT 57.2F. APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS DISCARDED WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $400.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 ALL PREPARED FOODS HELD LONGER THAT 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE MARKED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • 4-301.11 DISPLAY COOLER UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. COOLER FOUND AT 51.4 WITH CUT VEGETABLE SALAD AT 54.3F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND MAINTAINS PROPER TEMPERATURE. CDPH CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(A) INACCURATE INTERNAL THERMOMETER INSIDE THE DISPLAY COOLER. MUST REPLACE.

When was Somer Food Market, Inc. last inspected?

Somer Food Market, Inc. has 6 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2014.

Somer Food Market, Inc. vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.