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Premier Food Services
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2018
- address4300 W Lake St, Chicago 60624
- cuisineCatering
Is Premier Food Services clean?
Premier Food Services is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 2, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Premier Food Services?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WAS PRESENT WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY (TCS) FOODS (SANDWICHES AND SALADS) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PROVIDED ON PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR CLEAN-UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • REPAIR THE LEAK AT THE FAUCET OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. REPAIR THE COLD WATER HANDLE FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING.
When was Premier Food Services last inspected?
Premier Food Services has 6 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| January 11, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| August 2, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 19, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 27, 2016 | Pass |
Premier Food Services vs West Garfield Park
West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 2, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.