Sun Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 28, 2022
• address3601 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sun Food Mart clean?

Sun Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 28, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sun Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED UTENSILS LAYING ON AND AROUND HANDSINK IN REAR DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN HANDSINK AT ALL TIMES.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED UTENSILS LAYING ON AND AROUND HANDSINK IN REAR DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN HANDSINK AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP ON HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT BEHIND SALES COUNTER. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED FIRST COMPARTMENT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE SLOW DRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE BUILD UP OF GRIME ON PLUMBING FIXTURES IN WASHROOM (TOILET AND HANDSINK). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE BUILD UP OF GRIME ON PLUMBING FIXTURES IN WASHROOM (TOILET AND HANDSINK). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE VOIDS IN THE FLOOR OF MISSING TILES THROUGHOUT SALES FLOOR AND REAR DISH AREA OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Sun Food Mart last inspected?

Sun Food Mart has 6 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2011.

Sun Food Mart vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 December 28, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.