Ben & Jerry's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2024
• address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Ben & Jerry's clean?

Ben & Jerry's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ben & Jerry's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED WITH HANDLE BENEATH FOOD IN FRUIT CONTAINERS AT THE FRONT LINE COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE THE FOOD AND TOP OF THE CONTAINER BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS STORED WITH HANDLE BENEATH FOOD IN FRUIT CONTAINERS AT THE FRONT LINE COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE THE FOOD AND TOP OF THE CONTAINER BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT TO BE SOILED: WATER AND DRY FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR CAVITY OF 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN FRONT AREA, DUST BUILD UP ALONG CONDENSERS OF DISPLAY FREEZERS IN FRONT SERVICE LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR BENEATH SHELVES AND CABINETS IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DRY FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Ben & Jerry's last inspected?

Ben & Jerry's has 7 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2015.

Ben & Jerry's vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 July 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.