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Farmer's Fridge
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
- address5555 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
- cuisineVending Commissary
Is Farmer's Fridge clean?
Farmer's Fridge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Farmer's Fridge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B): MISSING THERMOMETERS FOR ALL WALK IN COOLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: EYEWASH DEVICE ATTACHED TO HANDWASH SINK FAUCET IN PREP AREA Y. INSTD TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AS HANDWASH SINK ONLY
When was Farmer's Fridge last inspected?
Farmer's Fridge has 10 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2019 | — | |
| March 6, 2019 | — |
Farmer's Fridge vs Garfield Ridge
Garfield Ridge runs 73% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 107 clean, 28 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 December 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.