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Foster Grocery
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 10, 2019
- address3358 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Foster Grocery clean?
Foster Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 10, 2019. 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 Foster Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER AISLE SHELVING AND BEHIND STORE FIXTURES AT FRONT SELLING AREA DIRTY.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN FLOORS AT THESE AREAS. CORE VIOLATION
When was Foster Grocery last inspected?
Foster Grocery has 1 inspection on record going back to January 10, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Foster Grocery vs North Park
North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 January 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.