Fresh Stop Produce & Market

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 14, 2026
• address1207 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Fresh Stop Produce & Market clean?

Fresh Stop Produce & Market is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 14, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Fresh Stop Produce & Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTD TO OBTAIN ORIGINAL VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE AND POST ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASH SINK IN WAREWASHING AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE HANDWASH SINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PLUMBING IN SAME AREA. HOT WATER (100F MINIMUM). PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C) • NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT HANDWASH SINK IN TOILET ROOM, WATER TEMPERATURE AT 76.5F. INSTD TO PROVIDE 100F-120F AT MIXING VALVE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • EXPOSED WATER AND SEWER LINES NOTED ABOVE PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE A PROPER CEILING THAT IS SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND NOT EXPOSED TO WATER AND SEWER LINES FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • EXPOSED WATER AND SEWER LINES NOTED ABOVE PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE A PROPER CEILING THAT IS SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND NOT EXPOSED TO WATER AND SEWER LINES FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTD TO SEAL SO AS TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • UTILITY LINES AND PIPES NOTED ABOVE REAR WAREWASHING AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE A CEILING IN SAME AREA THAT IS DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND INSTALLED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH and EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Fresh Stop Produce & Market last inspected?

Fresh Stop Produce & Market has 2 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2026.

Fresh Stop Produce & Market vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.