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Fancy Plants Kitchen
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2021
- address1443-1445 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Fancy Plants Kitchen clean?
Fancy Plants Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 5, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Fancy Plants Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON-SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE VERIFICATION OF POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED TODAY
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MANAGEMENT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE, INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE BY THE ICE MACHINE. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASH GUARD.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND PREP TABLE BY THE ICE MACHINE. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASH GUARD.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASHROOMS ON-PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASHROOMS AND UNISEX WASHROOMSToilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED WASHROOMS ON-PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASHROOMS AND UNISEX WASHROOMS
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED HOLE ON WALL ALONG PIPPING UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE BY THE 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
When was Fancy Plants Kitchen last inspected?
Fancy Plants Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 20, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 2, 2024 | — | |
| August 5, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Fancy Plants Kitchen vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 5, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.