Fresh & Salty Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 18, 2025
• address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Fresh & Salty Market clean?

Fresh & Salty Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 18, 2025. 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 Fresh & Salty Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 3 DOOR COOLER WITH AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 60 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS HAVE AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 41 F AND BELOW. COOLER TAGGED PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FRYERS AND GRIDDLE IN NEED OF CLEANING INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS WITH DEBRIS AND RESIDUE BUILD UP THROUGHOUT FACILITY INCLUDING BEHIND GRIDDLE EQUIPMENT AND INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FLOORS ARE CLEANED AND MAINTAINED. • OBSERVED SEVERAL PIECES OF UNUSED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS ICE CREAM MACHINE AND GRIDDLE STORED IN FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ANY UNUSED EQUIPMENT FROM PREMISES.

When was Fresh & Salty Market last inspected?

Fresh & Salty Market has 1 inspection on record going back to June 18, 2025.

Fresh & Salty Market vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 June 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.