Garden Fresh Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 16, 2010
• address5701 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60634
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Garden Fresh Market clean?

Garden Fresh Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Garden Fresh Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • All food should be properly protected from contamination during storage, preparation, display, service, and transportation. FOUND FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING DISPLAY ,STORAGE, SAUERKRAUT AND PRESERVE FISH-HERRING IN A BARREL NOT COVERED ,SERIOUS VIOLATION,CITATION ISSUED;TOTAL 15 LBS;INSTRUCTED ALL FOODS MUST BE COVERED TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION FROM THE CUSTOMERS;MANAGER DISCARDED THE FOOD
• ⚠️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. 2 DOORS WITH WORN OUT STRIP,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE STRIP BETWEEN DOORS AND BOTTOM PARTS; GREASE TRAP IN MEAT SECTION BECOMING RUSTY,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; BROKEN BREAD CABINET COVER MUST BE REPLACED
  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. 2 DOORS WITH WORN OUT STRIP,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE STRIP BETWEEN DOORS AND BOTTOM PARTS; GREASE TRAP IN MEAT SECTION BECOMING RUSTY,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; BROKEN BREAD CABINET COVER MUST BE REPLACED
• ⚠️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. FLOOR AROUND SINK IN DELI AREA UNCLEAN,MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN DELI AREA MUST BE REPLACED
  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. FLOOR AROUND SINK IN DELI AREA UNCLEAN,MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN DELI AREA MUST BE REPLACED
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL AND CEILING TILES IN MEAT SHOP,PRODUCE,STORAGE AREAS WITH ACCUMULATED DUST AND BLACK MOLD ,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL AND CEILING TILES IN MEAT SHOP,PRODUCE,STORAGE AREAS WITH ACCUMULATED DUST AND BLACK MOLD ,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD IN PRODUCE SECTION ,MUST BE REPLACED;LIGHT SHIELD IN DISPLAY MEAT PRODUCTS SECTION MUST BE PROVIDED
• ⚠️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. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER IN 1 DISPLAY COOLER
  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. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER IN 1 DISPLAY COOLER

When was Garden Fresh Market last inspected?

Garden Fresh Market has 2 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2010.

Garden Fresh Market vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 16, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.