Foster Pantry

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2020 →
• address1972 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Foster Pantry clean?

Foster Pantry is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 18, 2020. 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 Foster Pantry?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events

When was Foster Pantry last inspected?

Foster Pantry has 2 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2020.

Foster Pantry vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 79% clean across 379 tracked restaurants — 296 clean, 72 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 379 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 18, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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