Farmer Pride Produce, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2017
• address756 N Western Ave, Chicago 60612
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Farmer Pride Produce, Inc. clean?

Farmer Pride Produce, Inc. is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 12, 2017. 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 Farmer Pride Produce, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEW CUTTING BOARDS NEED IN FRESH MEAT DEPARTMENT. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEW CUTTING BOARDS NEED IN FRESH MEAT DEPARTMENT. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: BOTH AIR VENTILATION UNITS TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. CLEAN STORAGE SHELVES IN WALK PRODUCE COOLER, CLEAN ALL PREP TABLES, AND ALL SINKS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. AIR VENTS IN SALES AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUID UP.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: BASEMENT, WALK IN MEAT COOLER, WALK IN DELI COOLER AND REAR STORAGE AREA BY BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: BASEMENT, WALK IN MEAT COOLER, WALK IN DELI COOLER AND REAR STORAGE AREA BY BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTS IN MEAT/DELI AREA IN NEED OF PROPER LIGHT SHEILDS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ALL CLUTTER UNDER FRONT COUNTER IN NEED OF REMOVING OR ORGANIZING. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES NEED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HOLD CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES NEED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HOLD CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Farmer Pride Produce, Inc. last inspected?

Farmer Pride Produce, Inc. has 13 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Farmer Pride Produce, Inc. vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 June 12, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.