71St Public Wholesale, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 30, 2023
• address21 E 71St St Frnt, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 71St Public Wholesale, Inc. clean?

71St Public Wholesale, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 30, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at 71St Public Wholesale, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON-SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON SITE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BOTH PROCEDURE AND THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLEAN-UP KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SOAP AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE PROVIDE HANDWASHING SOAP AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED THE FACILITY MISSING THE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN THE TOILET ROOM. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN SIGNAGE • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISION IN THE TOILET ROOM ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A HAND DRYING PROVISION AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE REFRIGERATION UNITS, CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED TO MONITOR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS WITH ACCURATE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS. • OBSERVED THE TEMPERATURE GAUAGE IN THE 11-DOOR COLDING HOLDING UNIT AND THE 5-DOOR FREEZER UNIT NOT SHOWING AN ACCURATE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS IN THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN TO AVOID PEST AND RODENTS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE DOOR TO THE TOILET ROOM IS NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON THE SAID DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE DOOR TO THE TOILET ROOM IS NOT SELF-CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON THE SAID DOOR AND MAINTAIN.

When was 71St Public Wholesale, Inc. last inspected?

71St Public Wholesale, Inc. has 2 inspections on record going back to March 30, 2023.

71St Public Wholesale, Inc. vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 March 30, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.