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Tony's Finer Foods
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 8, 2025
- address4608 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Tony's Finer Foods clean?
Tony's Finer Foods is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tony's Finer Foods?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED FIRST FLOOR REST ROOM WITH NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE HOT HOLD UNIT AND DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY READABLE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATOR UNITS TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE DELI, BAKERY, PRODUCE PREP AREAS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED OR STAINED CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Tony's Finer Foods last inspected?
Tony's Finer Foods has 29 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Tony's Finer Foods vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 35% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 67 mid, 466 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 April 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.