Centrals Finer Foods Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2024
• address345 N Central Ave, Chicago 60644
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Centrals Finer Foods Inc. clean?

Centrals Finer Foods Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Centrals Finer Foods Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11 DURING RE-INSPECTION, NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER WAS ON SITE WITH A VALID ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED; I INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFICATE HOLDER SHOULD BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS (GROUND BEEF AND NACHO CHEESE) ARE BEING PREPARED. #7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOR ALL FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOLING/FREEZER UNITS WITH ACCUMULATED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER IN REAR STORAGE SPACE NEAR WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE SPACE BY WALK-IN COOLER DOOR AND UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11 OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN REAR STORAGE SPACE BY WALK-IN COOLER DOOR AND UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE.

When was Centrals Finer Foods Inc. last inspected?

Centrals Finer Foods Inc. has 9 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2018.

Centrals Finer Foods Inc. vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 5, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.