Fortuna Market, Grill, & Deli is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 25, 2011. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Fortuna Market, Grill, & Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 25, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROVIDE LABEL, NAME OF THE PRODUCT, INGREDIENTS AND COMPANY'S NAME,ADDRESS ON ALL SOUP PACKAGED IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER FOR SALE.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROVIDE LABEL, NAME OF THE PRODUCT, INGREDIENTS AND COMPANY'S NAME,ADDRESS ON ALL SOUP PACKAGED IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER FOR SALE.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LID/COVER FOR THE GARBAGE CONTAINER IN THE PREP AREA IN THE BASEMENT. MUST RE CAULK AROUND THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND THE DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST RE LOCATE THE SOAP CONTAINER THAT IS ABOVE THE DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. DEFROST THE REACH IN CHEST FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE BUILT UP.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE LID/COVER FOR THE GARBAGE CONTAINER IN THE PREP AREA IN THE BASEMENT. MUST RE CAULK AROUND THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL A SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND THE DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST RE LOCATE THE SOAP CONTAINER THAT IS ABOVE THE DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. DEFROST THE REACH IN CHEST FREEZER WITH HEAVY ICE BUILT UP.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST RE GROUT THE FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE WALK IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST RE GROUT THE FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE WALK IN COOLER IN THE BASEMENT.
🌡️thermometers missing
Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE.
When was Fortuna Market, Grill, & Deli last inspected?
Fortuna Market, Grill, & Deli has 4 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2010.
date
result
score
April 23, 2012
closed by the city
October 25, 2011
Pass
October 24, 2011
Fail
September 28, 2010
Pass
Fortuna Market, Grill, & Deli vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 25, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.