Supermercado Tierra Santa

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 16, 2010
• address4131 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60641
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Supermercado Tierra Santa clean?

Supermercado Tierra Santa is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 16, 2010. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Supermercado Tierra Santa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 16, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Doors not sealed in rear. Instructed to apply non-toxic sealant to surface.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Doors not sealed in rear. Instructed to apply non-toxic sealant to surface.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Storage shelves and fan covers inside walk in cooler not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean. Instructed to detail clean. Observed approximately 3 mice dropping in electrical room. Instructed to remove and detail clean area.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean. Instructed to detail clean. Observed approximately 3 mice dropping in electrical room. Instructed to remove and detail clean area.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Coving not installed along areas around wallbase. Instructed to install coving missing in area. Walls and ceiling in electrical room not sealed. Instructed to seal openings.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Coving not installed along areas around wallbase. Instructed to install coving missing in area. Walls and ceiling in electrical room not sealed. Instructed to seal openings.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Unnecessary articles stored in basement. Instructed to remove all unused and elevate stock 6 inches or higher.

When was Supermercado Tierra Santa last inspected?

Supermercado Tierra Santa has 2 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2010.

Supermercado Tierra Santa vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 16, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.