Don Fresco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 8, 2019
• address520 W Harrison St, Chicago 60607

Is Don Fresco clean?

Don Fresco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 8, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Don Fresco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ALL FOOD MUST BE COVERED AND OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • ALL FOOD MUST BE COVERED AND OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES, WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CEILING IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • INTERIOR OF ALL REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD BUILD UP. DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SODA DISPENSOR IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS AND WALLS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND SPLATTER. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN BOTH STORAGE AREAS MUST BE REMOVED OR ORGANIZED. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Don Fresco last inspected?

Don Fresco has 19 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Don Fresco vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

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• ✓! Jimmy John's
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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 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.