Sonia's Supermarket

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2015
• address2441 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sonia's Supermarket clean?

Sonia's Supermarket is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Sonia's Supermarket?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER ON PREMISES, WATER LINE/PIPE IN BASEMENT BROKEN, WATER ACCUMULATING ON FLOOR IN SECTIONS OF BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, PROVIDE HOT AND COLD WATER.CRITICAL VIOLATION
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO WORKING BATHROOM PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES, NO WATER TO TOILET AND HAND WASHING SINK PROVIDED. ISTRUCTED TO CORRECT. CRITICAL VIOLATION.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • EVIDENCE OF RAT ACTIVITY IN BASEMENT, OBSERVED 10 RAT DROPPINGS IN SECTION OF BASEMENT IN AREA BY ENTRY DOOR. NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON PREMISES, ENRTY DOOR IN BASEMENT NOT RODENT PROOF, GAPS(1/2 INCH)ON SIDE OF DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CALL PEST CONTROL CO. FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES/PACKAGED GOODS DUSTY/NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR NOT CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL STORAGE SHELVES, ANDCOOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN BASEMENT FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR NOT CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL STORAGE SHELVES, ANDCOOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN BASEMENT FLOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING OVER SIDE STORAGE SHELVES IN POOR REPAIR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING OVER SIDE STORAGE SHELVES IN POOR REPAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED THE BASEMENT WITH CLUTTER,INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.

When was Sonia's Supermarket last inspected?

Sonia's Supermarket has 4 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2013.

Sonia's Supermarket 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 17% 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 March 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.