Farmer's Fridge

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2026 →
• address5555 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
• cuisineVending Commissary

Is Farmer's Fridge clean?

Farmer's Fridge is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 29, 2026. 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 September 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Farmer's Fridge last inspected?

Farmer's Fridge has 11 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2019.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 9 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Farmer's Fridge vs Garfield Ridge

Garfield Ridge runs 84% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 12 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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