Apple Pantry

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 6, 2012
• address5835 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Apple Pantry clean?

Apple Pantry is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 6, 2012. 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 Apple Pantry?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • Facilities not maintaining proper temperature while storing potentially hazardous foods. Found internal temperature of walk-in cooler at 50.2 F. Instructed that cooler must maintain 40 F or below. Critical citation issued 7-38-005(A). "Held for Inspection" tag posted on walk-in cooler.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • Potentially hazarodus foods does not meet temperature requirement during storage, display and service. Found 21-16oz of milk at 50.8 F, 16-gallons of milk at 48.6 F and 7 1 dz of eggs at 50.2 F and 1 16oz bolonga at 50.2 F inisde walk-in cooler stated above. Instructed that all potentially hazarous foods must maintain 40 F or below. Manager voluntarily denatured and discarded. Critical citation issued 7-38-005(A). Value $112, 159 lbs.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • No three compartment sink on premises to wash, rinse or sanitize equipment or utensil. Establishment bagging ice for retail sale and has no way to wash, rinse or sanitize utensils or ice machine equipment. Instructed that premises must install three compartment sink with hot and cold running water, with waste receptacle and drainboard. Critical citation issued 7-38-030. Premises must cease and desist ice bagging operation.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • Foods not protected during storage, display and service. Found 20 plus bags of ice that was bagged on premises and not in sanitized method. Establishment does not have three compartment sink to wash, rinse or sanitize equipment. Also, bags of ice not provided with name or business location. Instructed that ice must not be sold and remove-denatured and discarded from premises. Serious citation issued 7-38-005(A). Value $40, 200lbs.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Display shelves and interior ice machine panel not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor under display shelves and in rear storage room not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily and replace any missing floor tile.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor under display shelves and in rear storage room not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily and replace any missing floor tile.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Gaps noted along wallbase in front and rear of premises. Instructed to seal gaps and install rubber coving along wallbase.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Gaps noted along wallbase in front and rear of premises. Instructed to seal gaps and install rubber coving along wallbase.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Light bulb not shielded inside walk-in cooler. Instructed to shield bulb or install shatter-proof bulb.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Backflow preventer on utility sink leaking. Instructed to repair to prevent leak. Ventilation not provided inside toilet room. Instructed to install exhaust fan vented to outside.

When was Apple Pantry last inspected?

Apple Pantry has 3 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2011.

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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 6, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.