🏠 Home 🔍 Search 📰 News
Health Inspections Weekly Reports Monthly Analysis
📋 Directory 📖 Food Code 🏢 Chains 📍 Locations
Chicago New York City Boston Seattle Metro
ℹ️ About 🌙 Toggle Theme
Restaurant Profile

A.A.A. FOOD AND MINI MART

5300 W HARRISON ST
CHICAGO, IL 60644
6
Total Inspections
16.7%
Pass Rate
5
Failures

Inspection History

Aug 14, 2025

Result: Pass
0 violations

Sep 10, 2024

Result: Fail
2 violations
Key Violations:
|FACILITIES MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GREASE RECEPTACLE WITH GREASE BUILD-UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.;;54|GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED

Sep 3, 2024

Result: Fail
7 violations
Key Violations:
|FACILITIES MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GREASE RECEPTACLE WITH GREASE BUILD-UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.;;|ORIGINAL CONTAINER - Comments: OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS (FISH AND CHICKEN BREADING) OF FOOD IN REAR PREP COOLER WITH NO LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.;;37|FOOD PROPERLY LABELED;;38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY ON PREMISE DURING TIME OF THE INSPECTION. NOTED APPROXIMTELY 60 SMALL BLACK LIVE FLIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS... PREP ON ALL EQUIPMENT SURFACES, THROUGHTOUT WALK-IN COOLER STORAGE, REAR STORAGE CLOSET, AND GROCERY ITEMS. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 45 SMALL RODENT DROPPINGS IN BETWEEN SHELVING UNITS IN GROCERY SCATTERED ON FLOOR, IN REAR STORAGE AREA IN CORNERS, INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER STORAGE CORNERS, IN TOILET ROOM, AND FRONT NEAR REGISTERS UNDERNEATH PACKAGED CANDY.;;54|GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA WITH CHIPPED PAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.;;60|PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION CORRECTED - Comments: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT #2591042 FROM DATE 03/14/2024. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: #49-OBSERVED ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAY COOLERS, ROLLING CARTS, AND SHELVING UNITS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN. #55- OBSERVED UNUSED REFRIGERATION, CRATES, AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY NEAR THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE AREA AND INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, ORGANIZE, AND MAINTAIN PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.

Mar 14, 2024

Result: Fail
2 violations
Key Violations:
49|NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAY COOLERS, ROLLING CARTS, AND SHELVING UNITS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED UNUSED REFRIGERATION, CRATES, AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY NEAR THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE AREA AND INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, ORGANIZE, AND MAINTAIN PREMISES

Mar 5, 2024

Result: Fail
7 violations
Key Violations:
15|FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED - Comments: OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION UTILITY & TOXIC PRODUCT CLOSET USED TO STORE CANDY, SWEDISH FISH, PISTACHIO, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SAID FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN AREA CLEAR OF FOOD ITEMS.;;16|FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED - Comments: OBSERVED DELI MEAT SLICING MACHINE WITH BUILD-UP FOOD DEBRIS, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP FREE OF AN ACCUMULATION OF DUST, DIRT, FOOD RESIDUE, AND OTHER DEBRIS.;;23|PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION - Comments: DURING INSPECTION, SLICED DELI MEAT, COOKED STEAK, RICE, BEEF STEW, CHICKEN WINGS, PREPARED SANDWICHES WITHOUT ANY LABELS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING ON ALLTCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND STORED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. PERSON IN CHARGE VOLUNTEERS TO DISCARD SAID ITEMS. #7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.;;36|THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE - Comments: DURING INSPECTION, OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR TAKING FOOD INTERNAL TEMPERATURES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN A THERMOMETER AND MAINTAIN. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.;;38|INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 125 SMALL RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION: ALL SHELVING AREAS IN THE GROCERY, SUCH AS POTATO CHIP AREA, DOG FOOD, NOODLES, BEVERAGES, ETC.) SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR IN THE UTILITY CLOSET, REAR PREP AREA, WALK-IN STORAGE, AND STORAGE CLOSET BEHIND THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN, AND SANITIZE ALL SAID AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL. MUST ELIMINATE ACTIVITY. PRIROITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020 (A). CITATION ISSUED.;;49|NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED ALL HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAY COOLERS, ROLLING CARTS, AND SHELVING UNITS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED UNUSED REFRIGERATION, CRATES, AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED IN THE REAR OF THE FACILITY NEAR THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE AREA AND INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, ORGANIZE, AND MAINTAIN PREMISES.

May 3, 2022

Result: Fail
7 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: OBSERVED REAR LIGHT BULB OUT IN THE STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.;;|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE ON THE REAR UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.;;47|FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED MILK CRATES AND SODA CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE PROPER SHELVING THAT IS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF THE FLOOR TO MAKE EASE OF CLEANING AND MAINTAINING AREA.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED OLD PREP COOLER, DEEP FREEZERS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND INSECT HARBORING.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED STANDING WATER NEAR THE REAR EXIT DOOR. DUST, DIRT AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT ON THE FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS UNDER AND BEHIND SHELVING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING

Related Restaurants