Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 12, 2014 →
• address2759 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc clean?

Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 12, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored

When was Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc last inspected?

Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc has 3 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2012.

Fruteria El Mercado Of Chicago Inc vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 12, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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