Meet Fresh

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2020
• address2026 S Clark St, Chicago 60616

Is Meet Fresh clean?

Meet Fresh is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Meet Fresh?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT HAVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL PIC OBTAIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE AND POST IT IN PLAIN VIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE PREPARING/SERVING TCS FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE ON SITE WHENEVER TCS FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE NOR CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE AND CLEAN UP KIT AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING CLEANSER AT THE REAR HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOUND THE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS WHERE A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOUND THE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS WHERE A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND A LEAK AT THE P-TRAP UNDER THE REAR HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE INTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS, FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. ALSO, THE FLOORS ARE STICKY THROUGH OUT THE FRONT/REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT. -THE WALLS AROUND THE SINKS, COOLERS AND STORAGE AREAS WITH FOOD AND DIRT STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS. • MOPS ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE HANGING UP FOR PROPER DRYING. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST MEET THE FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE PROOF.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST MEET THE FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE PROOF.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • SEE VIOLATION #60.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 FROM REPORT # DATED 3/14/2019 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT: -58. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 FROM REPORT # DATED 3/14/2019 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT: -58. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED

When was Meet Fresh last inspected?

Meet Fresh has 7 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2017.

Meet Fresh vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 August 11, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.