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Farmer's Fridge
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 10, 2018
- address125 S Clark St, Chicago 60603
Is Farmer's Fridge clean?
Farmer's Fridge is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 10, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Farmer's Fridge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS LOCATED IN A 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR NOT AT THE PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW; 5 LBS OF CHOPPED GREENS AT 54.5F-55F, 5 LBS OOF CHICKEN AT 51.1F, 2 LBS OF SMOKED SALMON AT 48F, 2 LBS OF BOILED EGGS AT 51F AND ABOUT 30 CONTAINERS OF CEASAR DRESSING AT 61F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD AND DENATURE SAID ITEMS AND TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
- ⚠️Time As A Public Health Control; Procedures & Records • OBSERVED TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHOPPED GREENS, CHEESE) BEING HELD IMPROPERLY IN A 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR, AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF SAID 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR WAS AT 50F. INSTRUCTED ALL TIME WITHOUT TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS MUST HAVE AN INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF 41F WHEN REMOVED FROM UNIT AND MANAGER DISCARDED SAID TIME WITHOUT TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOODS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.Time As A Public Health Control; Procedures & Records • OBSERVED TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHOPPED GREENS, CHEESE) BEING HELD IMPROPERLY IN A 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR, AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF SAID 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR WAS AT 50F. INSTRUCTED ALL TIME WITHOUT TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS MUST HAVE AN INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF 41F WHEN REMOVED FROM UNIT AND MANAGER DISCARDED SAID TIME WITHOUT TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOODS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED A 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR AT AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 50F AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MAINTAIN ALL REFRIGERATORS AT 41F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES. BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION SAID REFRIGERATOR WAS MAINTAINING AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 38F. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
When was Farmer's Fridge last inspected?
Farmer's Fridge has 5 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| August 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2016 | Pass |
Farmer's Fridge vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.