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Cermak Fresh Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address4000 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Cermak Fresh Market clean?
Cermak Fresh Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cermak Fresh Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND HOT COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COLD HOLDING UNITS DIRECTLY NEXT TO HOT COOKING EQUIPMENT.
When was Cermak Fresh Market last inspected?
Cermak Fresh Market has 34 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 11, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cermak Fresh Market vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.