Fontano Foods

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 25, 2025
• address1058 W Polk St, Chicago 60607

Is Fontano Foods clean?

Fontano Foods is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Fontano Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES WERE PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO A VOMIT OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED IMPROPER LABELING OF PREPACKAGED POPCORN AND OIL. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL PREPACKAGED FOODS WITH AN INGREDIENT LIST, NET CONTENTS AND NAME AND ADDRESS OF PLACE OF MANUFACTURE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE WALLS OF THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WHERE THE OVEN IS LOCATED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AND DRY STORAGE ARE WHERE THE OVEN IS LOCATED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INADEQUATE LIGHTING PROVIDED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AND DRY STORAGE ARE WHERE THE OVEN IS LOCATED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN ALL AREAS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES IN PUBLIC VIEW. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN THE PUBLIC VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B). CITATION ISSUED.
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES IN PUBLIC VIEW. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN THE PUBLIC VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B). CITATION ISSUED.

When was Fontano Foods last inspected?

Fontano Foods has 21 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fontano Foods vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

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• ✓! Blackbird
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• ? Consolidated Produce Inc
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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 July 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.