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Food Town
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 10, 2018
- address4401 N Hazel St, Chicago 60640
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Food Town clean?
Food Town is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 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 Food Town?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 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 • 2-102.14(A) NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY OS SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 MANAGEMENT NUNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS NEEDED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15(B) NOTED LEAKING FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 NOTED MISSING PANELS ON CEILINGS AT THE BATHROOM AND STAINED CEILING TILES AT THE DISPLAY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, REPLACE MISSING PANELS AND/OR REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES. • 6-201.11(C) INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH PALLETS, UNDERNEATH THE PREP SINK SINK WITH HOLE ON THE FLOOR, DIRT AND DEBRIS AT THE BASEMENT PREP/DRY STORAGE AREA AND BEHIND REFRIGERATION UNITS AT THE DISPLAY AREA. • 6-501.114 NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER AT THE CRAWL SPACE OF THE BASEMENT PREP/FOOD STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.
When was Food Town last inspected?
Food Town has 8 inspections on record going back to October 15, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| September 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 15, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Food Town vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 September 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.