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
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

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 75% clean across 311 tracked restaurants — 228 clean, 58 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 311 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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