Cermak Produce

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 16, 2026
• address1711 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Cermak Produce clean?

Cermak Produce is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 16, 2026. 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 March 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WHERE RAW MEAT IS CUT, PACKAGED, AND GROUNDED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF RAW GROUND BEEF. FOUND PACKAGES OF RAW GROUND BEEF BEING PACKAGED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WHERE RAW MEAT IS CUT, GROUNDED, AND PACKAGED NEAER THE BUTCHER PREP AREA AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING 47.4-48.7F. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 87LBS AT $115 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARED. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED THE STEEL ROLLING DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE FACILITY WITH OPENINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. THE MENTIONED DOOR LEADS TO THE OUTDOOR DUMPSTER. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF MENTIONED DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FOLLWING HANDWASHING SINKS WITH LEAKS AT THE PIPES. REAR FRUIT PREP AREA, MEAT PREP/ DISHWASHING WALK-IN COOLER, AND BAKERY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ALL MENTIONED LEAKS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Cermak Produce last inspected?

Cermak Produce has 30 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cermak Produce vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.