Howard Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2016
• address2059 W Howard St, Chicago 60645
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Howard Food clean?

Howard Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Howard Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED BROKEN FLOOR TILES MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. FLOOR DRAIN COVER MUST BE REPLACED AT FLOOR DRAIN IN REAR. FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAINED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED CRACKED BROKEN FLOOR TILES MUST BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. FLOOR DRAIN COVER MUST BE REPLACED AT FLOOR DRAIN IN REAR. FLOOR MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAINED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NEEDED ON MOP SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • : OBSERVED UNUSABLE EQUIPMENT MUST BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED FROM PREMISES INCLUDING REFRIGERATOR/COLD HOLD UNIT,DELI STYLE COOLER, SOFT SERVED ICE CREAM AND SLUSHY MACHINE, LARGE 5 DOOR STAND UP FREEZER
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ANY EMPLOYEE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE
  Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ANY EMPLOYEE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE

When was Howard Food last inspected?

Howard Food has 8 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2011.

Howard Food vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 March 3, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.