Fooda

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 24, 2024
• address6301 S Halsted St, Chicago 60621

Is Fooda clean?

Fooda is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Fooda?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PIC ON DUTY DOES NOT HAVE THE CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER'S (CFM) CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CHICAGO CFM NOR CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE PREPARING/SERVING TCS FOODS (BEEF, SOUP, GYROS, ETC.). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE BOTH ON SITE AT ALL TIMES DURING HOURS OF OPERATION PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES: FOOD HANDLERS NOT WASHING HANDS WHEN MULTI-TASKING (FEMALE FOOD HANDLER ON THE PHONE WHILE PREPARING A SMOOTHIE). MALE FOOD HANDLER PUTTING ON GLOVES AND NOT WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASH HANDS BEFORE/AFTER GLOVE USE WHEN MULTI-TASKING, TOUCHING BODY, PHONE, ETC. PRIORITY 7-38-010 VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES AND FOOD HANDLERS IN THE PREP AREAS AND HANDLING FOOD TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES AND FOOD HANDLERS IN THE PREP AREAS AND HANDLING FOOD TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA IS STORED ON TOP OF THE BIN COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN BIN OR IN ICE HANDLE UP SO AS TO NOT TOUCH THE ICE WITH HANDS. MAINTAIN SAME.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA IS STORED ON TOP OF THE BIN COVER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN BIN OR IN ICE HANDLE UP SO AS TO NOT TOUCH THE ICE WITH HANDS. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE HAS PINKISH SUBSTANCE ON THE WHITE PANEL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE. • THE CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP, DARK STAINS AND GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARD TO MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MOPS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS UP TO DRY WHEN NOT IN USE FOR PROPER AIR DRYING. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATE IS EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A CURRENT FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATE IS EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A CURRENT FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL CFM OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Fooda last inspected?

Fooda has 13 inspections on record going back to September 11, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fooda vs Englewood

Englewood runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 40 mid, 84 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 October 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.