Viva Food Mart

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2017
• address2001 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Viva Food Mart clean?

Viva Food Mart is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 3, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Viva Food Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD. CLEAN INTERIOR OF DELI REACH IN COOLER TO REMOVE FOOD SPILLS. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL ITEMS IN BASEMENT MUST BE STORED OFF FLOOR. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ALL ITEMS IN BASEMENT MUST BE STORED OFF FLOOR. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT MUST BE REMOVED AND OR ORGANIZED. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Viva Food Mart last inspected?

Viva Food Mart has 6 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2013.

Viva Food Mart vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 February 3, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.