Tony's Finer Foods

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
• address5233 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
• 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 March 17, 2026. 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 March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE MEAT CUTTING ROOM.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER INSIDE OF DAIRY WALK-IN COOLER IN DISREPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A NEW AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER TO ACCURACTELY MEASURE THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF COOLER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK CUTS ON THE CUTTING BOARDS IN THE REAR DELI PREP AREA AND IN THE MEAT SECTION OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR PROVIDE NEW CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILE ABOVE PRODUCE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RE-ATTACH CEILING TILE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED BLACK DARK SPLATTERS AND OTHER FOOD-LIKE STAINS ON THE WALL SURROUNDING HANDWASHING SINK IN THE MEAT CUTTING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Tony's Finer Foods last inspected?

Tony's Finer Foods has 25 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tony's Finer Foods vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 32% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 293 clean, 67 mid, 556 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 68% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Tony's Finer Foods
  clean · May 2, 2014
• ✓ Starbucks Coffee
  clean · December 17, 2024
• ✓ Lebail
  cooked · September 28, 2015
• ✓ Mariano's
  clean · March 13, 2026
• ✓ Mariano's
  clean · March 20, 2014
• ✓ Mariano's
  clean · March 20, 2014

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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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.