Harvestime Foods

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 21, 2025
• address2632 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Harvestime Foods clean?

Harvestime Foods is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Harvestime Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NOTED INADEQUATE HOT WATER IN BOTH THE CUSTOMER WASHROOMS AND THE FRONT DELI/PREP HAND WASHING SINKS. WOMEN'S WASHROOM TEMPERATURE AT 88.9F AND 88.5F. MEN'S WASHROOM AT 66.2F FRONT DELI PREP AT 91.8. MANAGER INCREASED THE TEMPERATURE ON THE HOT WATER TANK AND RESTORED HOT WATER ABOVE 100F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED BAKED TCS PASTRIES STUFFED WITH MEATS, SPINACH, CHEESE AND BACON IN A DISPLAY CASE IN THE GROCERY AISLE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF 77.2F, 75.9F, 94.5, 75.7F. REVIEWED ALL HOT FOODS MUST BE HELD AT A MINIMUM OF 135F OR ABOVE. ALL FOODS DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • BULK SALT CONTAINER MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME. • ALL PREPARED FOODS PRE-PACKAGED AND SOLD IN DISPLAY CASES SUCH AS SALADS, MUST BE LABELED WITH THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS AND ANY ALLERGENS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN UTENSILS HANGING DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WASHBASIN OF THE KITCHEN PREP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN UTENSILS HANGING DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WASHBASIN OF THE KITCHEN PREP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • NOTED THE COOK IN THE MAIN KITCHEN WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
  Personal Cleanliness • NOTED THE COOK IN THE MAIN KITCHEN WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED IN-USE UTENSILS AT THE DELI PREP AREA BEING STORED IN A CONTAINER OF WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF 76.3F. IF STORED IN HOT WATER, MUST MAINTAIN A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 135F OR STORE ON/IN A CLEAN SURFACE/CONTAINER AND WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AS NEED OR EVERY 4 HOURS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED IN-USE UTENSILS AT THE DELI PREP AREA BEING STORED IN A CONTAINER OF WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF 76.3F. IF STORED IN HOT WATER, MUST MAINTAIN A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 135F OR STORE ON/IN A CLEAN SURFACE/CONTAINER AND WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AS NEED OR EVERY 4 HOURS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK ON THE RIGHT SIDE FAUCET OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DELI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE FAR REAR STORAGE OF THE MAIN KITCHEN WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND DIRT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Harvestime Foods last inspected?

Harvestime Foods has 19 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Harvestime Foods vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

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• ✓! Diala Grocery
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• ✓ El Milagro Grocery
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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 October 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.