Star Convenience Mart

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2018
• address2521-2523 E 79Th Street, Chicago 60649
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Star Convenience Mart clean?

Star Convenience Mart is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2018. 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 Star Convenience Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012(A).
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED CONSUMER ADVISORY NOTICE ON MENU AND OR MENU BOARD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND NO BARRIER FOR CUSTOMERS AT BUTCHER AREA; MUST PROVIDE A BARRIER SO THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER BUTCHER AREA. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND NO BARRIER FOR CUSTOMERS AT BUTCHER AREA; MUST PROVIDE A BARRIER SO THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER BUTCHER AREA. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACKFLOW PREVENTOR LOCATED AT THE UTILITY SINK; MUST INSTALL TO BE LOCATED, SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND HOLES IN WALLS OF THE WASHROOM UNDER THE HAND SINK IN THE STORAGE CLOSET AND INSIDE OF THE HOT WATER TANK STORAGE ROOM: MUST SEAL ALL HOLES WHERE NEEDED. • MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Star Convenience Mart last inspected?

Star Convenience Mart has 5 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2018.

Star Convenience Mart vs South Shore

South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.

Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 October 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.