Cermak Produce

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 9, 2025 →
• address4234 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Cermak Produce clean?

Cermak Produce is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cermak Produce?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Cermak Produce last inspected?

Cermak Produce has 20 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cermak Produce vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 78% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Irving Park

• ? Lily's Grocery
  cooked · April 4, 2013
• ✓ Siam Taste Noodle
  cooked · May 20, 2016
• ? International Zabiha Meat Market & Grocery
  cooked · July 30, 2013
• ✓ La Dolorosa Grocery Store
  clean · June 3, 2010
• ? 3517 Cafe
  cooked · July 12, 2012
• ? Maranatha Book Center
  cooked · July 30, 2013

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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