Park Tower Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJuly 30, 2018
• address5419 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Park Tower Market clean?

Park Tower Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 30, 2018. 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 Park Tower Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2018, 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 • NOTED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NOTED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHEN TIME FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE THE NEW CODE GUIDELINES.INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON FILE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MANAGER UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED TO DAY
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED DIRTY CUTTING BOARDS AT THE REAR PREP AREA WITH DIRT, FOOD STAINS AND SPILLS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:- -DIRT AND OLD FOOD PARTICLES INSIDE FOOD DISPLAY PREP COOLER -FOOD CART WITH HEAVY DIRT AND GRIME. -OLD BURNT FOOD PARTICLES INSIDE OVEN -FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL FOOD ITEMS FROM FLOOR AND STORE ON SHELVES AND DETAIL CLEAN ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED CARDBOARD BOXES USED TO LINE SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SHELVES TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED FOOD STAINES AT THE REAR DRY/FOOD STORAGE AREA AND HOLE ON WALL BY THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENINGS TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THROUGHOUT THE REAR DRY STORAGES. • NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER AT THE FOLLOWING AREAS:- -AT COUNTER BEHIND THE FOOD PREP AREA. -AT THE REAR BY THE DISHWASHING AREA ON SHELVES AND FLOOR. -AT THE REAR DRY STORAGE BY THE WALK IN COOLER THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND DUST ACCUMULATION ON VENTILATION RAILS AT AT THE DAIRY DISPLAY COOLER AND DELI SANDWICH DISPLAY COOLER BY THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND DUST ACCUMULATION ON VENTILATION RAILS AT AT THE DAIRY DISPLAY COOLER AND DELI SANDWICH DISPLAY COOLER BY THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Park Tower Market last inspected?

Park Tower Market has 11 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2012.

Park Tower Market vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 July 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.