Deep Purple/Fons

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
• address32 E Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Deep Purple/Fons clean?

Deep Purple/Fons is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Deep Purple/Fons?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. CORRECTED ON SITE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 9:54AM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. CORRECTED ON SITE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 9:54AM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER INSTALLED ABOVE ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT PREP AND ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO UNINSTALL PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS IN FRONT PREP AREA ABOVE ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA SO THAT IT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE FOOD OR EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS IN SAID SINKS.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BLACK MOLDLIKE SUBSTANCE ON UPPER INTERIOR COMPONENTS OF ICE MACHINE IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN STORAGE CONTAINERS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP NOT LABELED WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER LEAKING IN INTERIOR OF CABINET UNDERNEATH ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK UNDERNEATH ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING CEILING TILES IN EMPLOYEE ALL GENDER WASHROOM. OBSERVED DAMAGED LOWER WESTSIDE WALL OF DOORWAY BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR LOWER WESTSIDE WALL OF DOORWAY BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREAS FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY. • OBSERVED BUILDUP TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF SORBET MACHINE IN FRONT PREP AREA ON FLOORS, ALONG BASES OF WALL AND IN CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, ALONG BASES OF WALL AND IN CORNERS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF SORBET MACHINE. OBSERVED SPIDERWEBS ON FLOOR TO LEFT AND RIGHT OF SMALL ICE MACHINE UNDERNEATH COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS TO LEFT AND RIGHT OF SMALL ICE MACHINE UNDERNEATH COUNTER.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF VENT IN HOOD ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF VENT IN HOOD ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN FRONT PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF VENT IN HOOD ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF VENT IN HOOD ABOVE CHEST FREEZER IN FRONT PREP AREA.

When was Deep Purple/Fons last inspected?

Deep Purple/Fons has 6 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2022.

Deep Purple/Fons vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.