Prime & Provisions

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2020
• address222 N La Salle St, Chicago 60601

Is Prime & Provisions clean?

Prime & Provisions is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 18, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Prime & Provisions?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND (TCS)FOODS (BEEF, EGGS, SLICES TOMATOES, IN HOUSE SALAD DRESSING), AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 50F - 55F LOCATED IN A PREP COOLER IN FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGER VOLUTARILLY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD COLD TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. 30LBS, $300. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND DISHES ON STORAGE RACK IN PREP AREA NOT INVERTED, INSTRUCTED TO INVERT DISHES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION, AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND DISHES ON STORAGE RACK IN PREP AREA NOT INVERTED, INSTRUCTED TO INVERT DISHES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON BLADE OF MOUNTED CAN OPENER IN PREP AREA. Cutting or piercing parts of can openers shall be readily removable for cleaning and for replacement. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND TORN REFRIGERATION GASKETS ON MULTIPLE REFRIGERATION UNITS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO REPLACE ALL TORN GASKETS AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND GREEN & RED CUTTING BOARDS IN NEED OR REPAIR. Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and SANITIZED, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND DRIED AND LOOSE FOOD DEBRIS IN INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF REACH IN COOLERS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA AND LOWER SHELVES ON PREP TABLES AND WHEEL CASTERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE 3-COMP SINK IN DISH AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SHIELD AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND DUST ACCUMULATION ON CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DUST AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND BURNED OUT LIGHT IN KITCHEN HOOD, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIGHT AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION ON FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND BURNED OUT LIGHT IN KITCHEN HOOD, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIGHT AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION ON FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Prime & Provisions last inspected?

Prime & Provisions has 9 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2015.

Prime & Provisions vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 18, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.