Key Food

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 28, 2010
• address2624 W North Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Key Food clean?

Key Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Key Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROVIDE DATE ON PREPARED FOODS IN COOLERS IN KITCHEN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROVIDE DATE ON PREPARED FOODS IN COOLERS IN KITCHEN.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED RE-USE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES IN KITCHEN,INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REFRAIN SUCH BEHAVIOR,ONLY MULTI-USE UTENSILS SHOULD BE RE-USED AFTER WASHING AND SANITIZING. OBSERVED ALSO CLEAN UTENSILS STORED ON FLOOR,THE ONES ON SHELVING UNITS NOT INVERTED,INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE 6" OFF FLOOR AND INVERT AT ALL TIMES.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • OBSERVED RE-USE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES IN KITCHEN,INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REFRAIN SUCH BEHAVIOR,ONLY MULTI-USE UTENSILS SHOULD BE RE-USED AFTER WASHING AND SANITIZING. OBSERVED ALSO CLEAN UTENSILS STORED ON FLOOR,THE ONES ON SHELVING UNITS NOT INVERTED,INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE 6" OFF FLOOR AND INVERT AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPAIR GAP ON HOOD BETWEEN FILTERS,AND ALSO RUSTED SHELVE BOTTOMS IN KITCHEN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPAIR GAP ON HOOD BETWEEN FILTERS,AND ALSO RUSTED SHELVE BOTTOMS IN KITCHEN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INSIDE MICROWAVE-OVEN,AND DEFROST CLEAN EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP IN FREEZERS IN THE STORE; ALSO VENT IN KITCHEN ABOVE COOLER NEEDSCLEAN INSIDE MICRO-WAVE OVEN CLEANING.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALLS IN GAME EQUIPMENT ROOM,AND REPAIR OPEN FLOORS AROUND SEWERAGE COVER OUTSIDE REAR DOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALLS IN GAME EQUIPMENT ROOM,AND REPAIR OPEN FLOORS AROUND SEWERAGE COVER OUTSIDE REAR DOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENING ON WALL BEHIND POLE IN GAME ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SEAL OPENING ON WALL BEHIND POLE IN GAME ROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR LEAKING FAUCET JOINT HEAD ON 3COMP.SINK.

When was Key Food last inspected?

Key Food has 3 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2010.

Key Food vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 May 28, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.