Alta Vista Foods

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2014
• address3942 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Alta Vista Foods clean?

Alta Vista Foods is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Alta Vista Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILDUP ON BOTH FAN VENTS COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST BUILDUP ON BOTH FAN VENTS COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND FROZEN BLOOD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP FREEZER USED TO STORE MEATS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE MEAT FREEZER IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST INSTALL LIGHT SHIELDS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE DRY STORAGE IN REAR AND ALSO IN THE SODA COOLER.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT OF THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR IS SLOW DRAINING. MUST REPAIR SINK TO ALLOW PROPER DRAINAGE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE EMPTY BOXES IN REAR STORAGE AREA AND INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.

When was Alta Vista Foods last inspected?

Alta Vista Foods has 2 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2014.

Alta Vista Foods vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 August 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.