Seven Food

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 9, 2012
• address637 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Seven Food clean?

Seven Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 9, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Seven Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 9, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • HAM, ROAST BEEF, HOT DOGS, AND CUT TOMATOES FOUND AT 48.2F IN REFRIGERATED PREP TABLE BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER-INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL PRODUCTS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES FROM UNIT WHICH WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED-CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • HAM, ROAST BEEF, HOT DOGS, AND CUT TOMATOES FOUND AT 45.2F IN REFRIGERATED PREP TABLE BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES WHICH WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER INVERTED(HANDLES UP).
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • ALL SINGLE-USE UTENSILS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER INVERTED(HANDLES UP).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT EXTERIOR OF DEEP FREEZER AND MEAT CASES IN BUTCHER'S AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND/OR PAINT EXTERIOR OF DEEP FREEZER AND MEAT CASES IN BUTCHER'S AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: DISPLAY SHELVES WHERE NEEDED, MEAT WRAPPER, AND INTERIOR OF REFRIGERATED PREP TABLE BEHIND FRONT COUNTER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNER, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNER, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES. CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS. SEAL UP ALL CRACKS AND OPENINGS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES. CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS. SEAL UP ALL CRACKS AND OPENINGS.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR TAKING PRODUCT TEMPERATURES.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR TAKING PRODUCT TEMPERATURES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLEAN AND ORGANIZE REAR STORAGE AREA.

When was Seven Food last inspected?

Seven Food has 7 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2011.

Seven Food vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 9, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.