Sweet Market Inc.

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 11, 2013
• address533 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Sweet Market Inc. clean?

Sweet Market Inc. is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 11, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Sweet Market Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • WASH BOWL NOT DRAINING PROPERLY, STOPPED UP WITH CLEAR WATER. MUST HAVE SINK REPAIRED. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ☠️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 • REAR DOOR NOT TIGHT-FITTING AT BOTTOM TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. MUST REPAIR. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • TRASH AND DEBRIS OBSERVED ON GROUND AROUND DUMPSTER, MUST KEEP AREA CLEAN AND HAVE NAME OF BUSINESS ON GARBAGE DUMPSTER. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • TRASH AND DEBRIS OBSERVED ON GROUND AROUND DUMPSTER, MUST KEEP AREA CLEAN AND HAVE NAME OF BUSINESS ON GARBAGE DUMPSTER. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL USED AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED ON PREMISES, AND INTERIOR CABINETS OF BEIGE COFFEE STATION ON SALES FLOOR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT EVERY AREA ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT EVERY AREA ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT ALL WALLS AND DOORS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN ALL DUSTY CEILING & WALL VENTS. SEAL ALL LOOSE WALL COVE(BASEBOARDS) THROUGHOUT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT ALL WALLS AND DOORS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN ALL DUSTY CEILING & WALL VENTS. SEAL ALL LOOSE WALL COVE(BASEBOARDS) THROUGHOUT.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS INSIDE AND ABOVE MEAT CASE IN FOOD PREP AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM PREMISES(ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN REAR).

When was Sweet Market Inc. last inspected?

Sweet Market Inc. has 3 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2013.

Sweet Market Inc. vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Chatham

• ✓ 79Th Food Mart, Inc
  clean · February 19, 2013
• ✓! Harold's Chicken
  mid · May 17, 2013
• ✓ Burger King #181
  clean · June 16, 2014
• ✓ Cytee's Foodon The Go
  clean · March 20, 2013
• ✓ Citgo
  clean · September 13, 2013
• ✓ Jj's Grill
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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 11, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.