Progress African Foods

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 29, 2023
• address67 1/2 E 43Rd St, Chicago 60653
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Progress African Foods clean?

Progress African Foods is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 29, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Progress African Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TO USE IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOUND ON WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE FOUND ON WASHROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING WALL COVING AT BASE OF WALL IN WASHROOM UNDER THE SINK; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVING.

When was Progress African Foods last inspected?

Progress African Foods has 2 inspections on record going back to November 13, 2023.

Progress African Foods vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 November 29, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.