Yas Fresh Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026
• address3434-3440 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Yas Fresh Market clean?

Yas Fresh Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yas Fresh Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, 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 • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF THE PRODUCE COOLER, KITCHEN PREP COOLER AND 4-DOOR MEAT DISPLAY COOLER. OBSERVED THE PRODUCE COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46F, THE KITCHEN PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 45F, AND THE 4-DOOR MEAT DISPLAY COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 54F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM NEXT TO THE KITCHEN PREP AREA NOT OPERATIONAL. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE VENTILATION FAN. • OBSERVED NO WORKING LIGHTING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM NEXT TO THE KITCHEN PREP AREA NOT OPERATIONAL. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE VENTILATION FAN. • OBSERVED NO WORKING LIGHTING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.

When was Yas Fresh Market last inspected?

Yas Fresh Market has 2 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2026.

Yas Fresh Market vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 36% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 290 clean, 73 mid, 440 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.