Tropical Fish Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 14, 2014
• address4234 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Tropical Fish Market clean?

Tropical Fish Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tropical Fish Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around 3 compartment sink in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced. Cooler in prep area that had rust/peeling paint on lid, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around 3 compartment sink in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced. Cooler in prep area that had rust/peeling paint on lid, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving, ice machine not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices), non food contact surfaces of cooking equipment, prep table not clean, need detailed cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in prep area, and under ice machine not clean, need cleaning. Damaged floor tiles in prep area, shall be replaced.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in prep area, and under ice machine not clean, need cleaning. Damaged floor tiles in prep area, shall be replaced.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls, ceilings that had exposed plaster/peeling paint, or exposed raw wood, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls, ceilings that had exposed plaster/peeling paint, or exposed raw wood, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust canopy not clean, needs cleaning, exhaust vents(ventilation) in kitchen area, dining area and bathroom not clean, need cleaning(detailed).

When was Tropical Fish Market last inspected?

Tropical Fish Market has 3 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2011.

Tropical Fish Market vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 March 14, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.