Stuffin-It-Fresh

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 30, 2014
• address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661

Is Stuffin-It-Fresh clean?

Stuffin-It-Fresh is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 30, 2014. 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 Stuffin-It-Fresh?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE/PAPER TOWELS AT ANY OF THE EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK(S) IN PREPP AREA. MUST PROVIDE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN, SAUSAGE, TURKEY AND HAM)ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST PROVIDE SAME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR AT REAR PREP AREA OF FOOD SPILLS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR AT REAR PREP AREA OF FOOD SPILLS.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE REFRIGERATION THERMOMETERS IN COOLERS WHERE MISSING. MUST PROVIDE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE REFRIGERATION THERMOMETERS IN COOLERS WHERE MISSING. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Stuffin-It-Fresh last inspected?

Stuffin-It-Fresh has 4 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2013.

Stuffin-It-Fresh 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 May 30, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.