The Market Place Foodstore

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 17, 2015
• address521 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is The Market Place Foodstore clean?

The Market Place Foodstore is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 17, 2015. 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 The Market Place Foodstore?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD WALL COVERING UP OLD SEAFOOD AREA. WALL MUST BE PAINTED OR SEALED. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND SURFACE MUST BE RSORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN MEAT PREPARTION ROOM IN BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARD. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARD.OBSERVED DUCT TAPE ON WALK IN FREEZER FAN COVER. REMOVE DUCT TAPE AND REPAIR/REPLACE FAN COVER
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD WALL COVERING UP OLD SEAFOOD AREA. WALL MUST BE PAINTED OR SEALED. RAW WOOD IS PROHIBITED AND SURFACE MUST BE RSORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED IN MEAT PREPARTION ROOM IN BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND 2 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARD. OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARD.OBSERVED DUCT TAPE ON WALK IN FREEZER FAN COVER. REMOVE DUCT TAPE AND REPAIR/REPLACE FAN COVER
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  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ALL FAN COVERS IN MEAT WALK IN COOLER AND MEAT PREPARATION ROOM UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FAN COVERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN OLD SEAFOOD AREA UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK.OBSERVED FLOOR UNCLEAN IN MEAT PREPARATION ROOM, WITHIN MEAT AND PREPARRED FOODS WALK IN COOLERS AND IN PREPARRED FOODS IN CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS. DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN OLD SEAFOOD AREA UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK.OBSERVED FLOOR UNCLEAN IN MEAT PREPARATION ROOM, WITHIN MEAT AND PREPARRED FOODS WALK IN COOLERS AND IN PREPARRED FOODS IN CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS. DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN OLD SEAFOOD AREA WITH TILES COMING OFF OF WALL. REPAIR WALL AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALL UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN OLD SEAFOOD AREA WITH TILES COMING OFF OF WALL. REPAIR WALL AND MAINTAIN
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED PLUMBING LEAK UNDER 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN OLD SEAFOOD AREA. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
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  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED 2 ICE MACHINES NOT IN USE. REPAIR OR REMOVE OLD ICE MACHINES.

When was The Market Place Foodstore last inspected?

The Market Place Foodstore has 9 inspections on record going back to April 29, 2010.

The Market Place Foodstore vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 June 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.