79Th Food & Deli

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2024
• address857 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619

Is 79Th Food & Deli clean?

79Th Food & Deli is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 15, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 79Th Food & Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT ANY OF THE HAND WASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HAND WASHING SIGNS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HAS NO DRAINBOARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A DRAINBOARD FOR PROPER AIR DRYING.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HAS NO DRAINBOARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A DRAINBOARD FOR PROPER AIR DRYING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER STAINED CEILING TILE IN TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. MAINTAIN SAME.

When was 79Th Food & Deli last inspected?

79Th Food & Deli has 1 inspection on record going back to November 15, 2024.

79Th Food & Deli vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 November 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.