Yo Fresh

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2017
• address2935 N Broadway, Chicago 60657

Is Yo Fresh clean?

Yo Fresh is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 19, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Yo Fresh?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED FRO-YO TOPPINGS COOLER HOLDING AT IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES F WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED INSIDE. INSTRUCTED THAT COLD HOLDING FACILITIES MUST MAINTAIN 40 DEGREES F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. THE UNIT WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS UNTIL THE CDPH HAS REMOVED THE TAG. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED IN FRO-YO TOPPINGS COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: MILK, 46-47 DEGREES F, 3 LBS/$10; SOY MILK, 47 DEGREES, 2 LBS/$5. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED THE PRODUCT. INSTRUCTED THAT COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE, NO ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES POSTED, WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (FROZEN YOGURT MIX, MILK SHAKES) PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED, WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST DEFROST ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST DEFROST ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN FOOD SPLATTERS FROM HOT PLATE NEAR MICROWAVE. MUST CLEAN FOOD RESIDUE FROM SHELVING OF FRO-YO TOPPING COOLER. MUST CLEAN MILKY LIQUID POOLING IN BOTTOM OF COOLER SIDE OF FREEZER/COOLER COMBO UNIT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN SYRUP SPILLS ON FLOOR UNDER FRO-YO MACHINES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN SYRUP SPILLS ON FLOOR UNDER FRO-YO MACHINES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES NEAR MOP SINK.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES NEAR MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER IN FRO-YO TOPPING COOLER. MANAGER PROVIDED ONE DURING INSPECTION.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER IN FRO-YO TOPPING COOLER. MANAGER PROVIDED ONE DURING INSPECTION.

When was Yo Fresh last inspected?

Yo Fresh has 7 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2015.

Yo Fresh vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 19, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.