Vernon Street Market

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 28, 2024
• address427 E 75Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Vernon Street Market clean?

Vernon Street Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 28, 2024. 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 Vernon Street Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT ANY OF THE HAND WASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • FLY STRIPS IN THE DISH WASHING AREA AND SOME STICKY CARD BOARD USED TO CONTROL PEST ON THE SHELF BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND LET THE LICENSED PEST CONTROL TECH. DO PEST CONTROL. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IS MISSING STOPPERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 2 SINK STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IS MISSING STOPPERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 2 SINK STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CHEST FREEZER AND COOLERS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CEILING IN THE TOILET ROOM DAMAGED WITH HOLES. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES, REPAIR CEILING AND MAINTAIN. • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE STORAGE RACKS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER ON SITE HAS NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER ON SITE HAS NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE.

When was Vernon Street Market last inspected?

Vernon Street Market has 3 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2017.

Vernon Street Market vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 October 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.