Urban Grocers

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 4, 2019
• address729 S State St, Chicago 60605
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Urban Grocers clean?

Urban Grocers is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 4, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Urban Grocers?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-2102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND SIGNATURES FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED FACILITY WITHOUT LICENSE PEST CONTROL SERVICE OR LOG BOOK ON SITE OF AVAILABLE FOR FACILITY. MUST OBTAIN PEST CONTROL SERVICE AND LOG BOOK FOR FACILITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C).
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED FACILITY WITHOUT COMMERCIAL REFUSE, RECYCLABLES AND RETURNABLE SERVICE REMOVAL FOR REFUSE OBTAINED IN FACILITY. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE REFUSE REMOVAL MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B) NO CITATION ISSUED
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED FACILITY WITHOUT COMMERCIAL REFUSE, RECYCLABLES AND RETURNABLE SERVICE REMOVAL FOR REFUSE OBTAINED IN FACILITY. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE REFUSE REMOVAL MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B) NO CITATION ISSUED

When was Urban Grocers last inspected?

Urban Grocers has 1 inspection on record going back to June 4, 2019.

Urban Grocers 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 46% 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 June 4, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.