Fresh Thyme Farmers Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 1, 2025
• address2500 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Fresh Thyme Farmers Market clean?

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fresh Thyme Farmers Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS IN DELI IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED IN BUTCHER PREP AREA HAND SINK DETACHED FROM WALL AND LEAKING FROM PIPES UNDERNEATH, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED CEILINGS TILE PANELS IN THE WOMENS TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, REPLACE CEILING TILES. • OBSERVED WALL PEELING IN PRODUCE PREP AREA NEAR HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED WATER FOUNTAIN NEAR TOILET ROOMS NOT DRAINING, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MACHANICAL VENTILATION IN TOILET ROOMS ENCRUSTED IN DUST, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MACHANICAL VENTILATION IN TOILET ROOMS ENCRUSTED IN DUST, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE.

When was Fresh Thyme Farmers Market last inspected?

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market has 13 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ Fresh Thyme Farmers Market
  clean · September 21, 2015
• ✓ Daisies
  clean · February 17, 2022
• ✓ Analogue
  clean · August 4, 2015
• ✓ Gretel
  clean · November 8, 2024
• ✓ Ugo's
  clean · August 20, 2015
• ? Garden Grill Mexican
  cooked · September 18, 2015

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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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.