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South Shore Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 23, 2026
- address7900 S South Shore Dr, Chicago 60617
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is South Shore Food Mart clean?
South Shore Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at South Shore Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11 OBSERVED THE INTERIOR ICE MACHINE WITH A MINOR ACCUMULATED BROWNISH SUBSTANCE ON THE PANEL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED DRY FOOD CONTAINERS (FLOUR) NOT LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
When was South Shore Food Mart last inspected?
South Shore Food Mart has 26 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2023 | Fail |
South Shore Food Mart vs South Chicago
South Chicago runs 75% clean across 144 tracked restaurants — 106 clean, 21 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 144 spots Cooked tracks in South Chicago, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.