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Fresh Choice
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 16, 2011
- address1534 N Wells St, Chicago 60610
Is Fresh Choice clean?
Fresh Choice is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 16, 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 Fresh Choice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. NAME AND ADDRESS NEEDED FOR PREPACKAGED FOODS IN THE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. NAME AND ADDRESS NEEDED FOR PREPACKAGED FOODS IN THE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST REPLACE STAINED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST REPLACE STAINED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA, INTERIOR OF CONVEYOR OVEN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS, UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREAS, UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. THERMOMETERS ARE NEEDED INSIDE OF ALL OF THE PREP COOLERS, ESPECIALLY 2ND FLOOR COOLERS.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. THERMOMETERS ARE NEEDED INSIDE OF ALL OF THE PREP COOLERS, ESPECIALLY 2ND FLOOR COOLERS.
When was Fresh Choice last inspected?
Fresh Choice has 4 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| February 16, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2010 | Pass |
Fresh Choice vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 16, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.