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77TH STREET FOOD MART

7701 S HALSTED ST, CHICAGO, IL 60620 · Grocery Store

Inspection summary

77TH STREET FOOD MART has been inspected 5 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since February 24, 2011. The most recent inspection, on March 26, 2020, found no infractions.

1 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene and Pests.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded once on June 17, 2016. For example: APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded once on February 24, 2011. For example: OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED

  • Equipment and utensilsLower risk

    Equipment has to be built from cleanable materials, kept in good repair and stored properly. These findings are mostly about upkeep, like a cracked shelf, a worn gasket or utensils stored the wrong way. They are generally lower risk but show how well the kitchen is maintained.

    Recorded 12 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on June 17, 2016. For example: WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 5 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on June 17, 2016. For example: FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded once on June 17, 2016. For example: * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

5 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass

    7 infractions

    • 21. * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED
      • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (GROUND BEEF) IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON THE PREMISES AT ALL TIME POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITH RAW WOOD UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MISSING FLOOR TILES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND PROVIDE A SMOOTH AN EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • OBSERVED THE WALL AND BASEBOARDS IN DISREPAIR AT THE CORNER BY THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WALLS AND BASEBOARDS.
    • 37. TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS
      • OBSERVED THE RESTROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SELF CLOSING DOORS AT THE RESTROOM.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • OBSERVED THE WASTE PIPE OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING UNDER THE LEFT AND RIGHT BASINS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL OF THE PLUMBING.
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • OBSERVED CLUTTER IN THE RESR PREP AREA AND BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ITEMS AND BETTER ORGANIZE.
    • 42. APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN
      • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE HANDLING FOOD.
  3. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN PREP AND FRONT AREA.MUST REPLACE.ALSO CLEAN FLOORS IN PREP,ELEVATE STORAGE IN SMALL REAR ROOM.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • LEAKY PIPE UNDER HAND SINK BEHIND FRONT COUNTER.MUST REPAIR.
  4. Canvass Re-Inspection

    5 infractions

    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • : CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS & EXTERIORS OF ALL FREEZERS & COOLERS(USED & UNUSED), ALL DISPLAY & STORAGE SHELVES, ALL PREP TABLES, MICROWAVE OVEN, ALL MEAT TRAYS INSIDE UNUSED MEAT CASES, ALL SINKS, BASE OF TOILET AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPAIR FLOOR UNDERNEATH LEFT ENTRY/EXIT DOOR(MUST BE TIGHT-FITTING TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY).
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • REMOVE ALL PEELING PAINT FROM WALLS & CEILING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER USED FOR STORAGE. CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN WALLS, CEILINGS, DOORS, STORAGE LEDGE IN REAR BY EXIT DOOR, LIGHT SHIELDS AND BASEBOARDS. SEAL SIDE(S) OF REAR EXIT DOOR WHICH MUST BE TIGHT-FITTING ALONG SIDES AND BOTTOM TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • REPAIR LEAK UNDERNEATH FIRST SECTION OF 3 COMP. SINK(WASH SIGN IS POSTED).
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • ELIMINATE ALL CLUTTERED AREAS THROUGHOUT. REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM PREMISES(UNUSED CRATES).
  5. Canvass

    6 infractions

    • 19. OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED
      • OVERFLOWING TRASH NOTED IN BOTH GARBAGE DUMPSTERS AS WELL AS TRASH & DEBRIS ON GROUND SURROUNDING SAME - MUST KEEP LIDS CLOSED AND SURROUNDING GROUND AREA CLEAN - CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020
    • 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS
      • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS & EXTERIORS OF ALL FREEZERS & COOLERS(USED & UNUSED), ALL DISPLAY & STORAGE SHELVES, ALL PREP TABLES, MICROWAVE OVEN, ALL MEAT TRAYS INSIDE UNUSED MEAT CASES, ALL SINKS, BASE OF TOILET AND ALL OTHER UNCLEAN SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
    • 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED
      • REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT. DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REPAIR FLOOR UNDERNEATH LEFT ENTRY/EXIT DOOR(MUST BE TIGHT-FITTING TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY).
    • 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS
      • REMOVE ALL PEELING PAINT FROM WALLS & CEILING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER USED FOR STORAGE. CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN WALLS, CEILINGS, DOORS, STORAGE LEDGE IN REAR BY EXIT DOOR, LIGHT SHIELDS AND BASEBOARDS. SEAL SIDE(S) OF REAR EXIT DOOR WHICH MUST BE TIGHT-FITTING ALONG SIDES AND BOTTOM TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY.
    • 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
      • REPAIR LEAK UNDERNEATH FIRST SECTION OF 3 COMP. SINK(WASH SIGN IS POSTED).
    • 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED
      • ELIMINATE ALL CLUTTERED AREAS THROUGHOUT. REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM PREMISES(UNUSED CRATES).

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