Harper Foods

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2016
• address1455 E 57Th St, Chicago 60637
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Harper Foods clean?

Harper Foods is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 21, 2016. 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 Harper Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST MINMIZE CLUTTER IN THE REAR STORAGE WALK IN COOLER. MUST STORE ALL ITEMS 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.

When was Harper Foods last inspected?

Harper Foods has 5 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2015.

Harper Foods vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde 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 21, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.