Freshii

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedSeptember 11, 2018
• address854 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Freshii clean?

Freshii is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 11, 2018. 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 Freshii?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-102.12 OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE NOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS RICE, SOUPS, SALADS BURRITOS, TARIYAKI TWIST BOWL ETC. INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO OPERATE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST PROVIDE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14 THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE PROCEDURE WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR TO HANDWASHING SINKS IN FRONT PREP AND DISHWASHING AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. • 6-301.11 OBSERVED NO SOAP AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. MANAGER PROVIDE SOAP DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-601.11(A) FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED BLACK AND BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE IN THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE SLIME LIKELY TO CONTAMINATE ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USING MACHINE UNTIL SERVICE, CLEANED AND SANITIZED. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZE DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY (TCS) NOT DATE MARKED TO INDICATE THE DATE THE FOOD MUST BE SOLD DISCARDED OR CONSUMED WITHIN 7 DAYS. INSTRUCTED TO DATE MARK ALL READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS WHEN HELD MORE THAN 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 HAIR RESTRAINS MUST BE WORN BY ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 HAIR RESTRAINS MUST BE WORN BY ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14 OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED GASKET DAMAGED AT THE 2-DOOR FRONT PREP COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12 BACKFLOW PREVENTER NOT LOCATED AT THE ICE MACHINE IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SO THAT IT CAN BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA-100-0367 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON SITE WITH REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

When was Freshii last inspected?

Freshii has 11 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2014.

Freshii vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 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 September 11, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.