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THE FISH GUY MARKET

4423 N ELSTON AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60630 · Grocery Store

Inspection summary

THE FISH GUY MARKET has been inspected 4 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since January 9, 2025. The most recent inspection, on August 18, 2026, recorded 2 infractions.

1 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on January 9, 2025. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • Other findingsLower risk

    Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.

    Recorded 2 times on August 18, 2026. For example: COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE/SPECIALIZED PROCESS/HACCP

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

4 inspections

  1. Canvass

    2 infractions

    • 29. COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE/SPECIALIZED PROCESS/HACCP
      • OBSERVED VACUUM SEALED FISH AND VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ON SITE WITH NO APPROVED HACCP PLAN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SUBMIT HACCP PLAN TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW. VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE AND FISH TAGGED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    • 32. VARIANCE OBTAINED FOR SPECIALIZED PROCESSING METHODS
      • OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE AND VACUUM PACKAGED FISH ON SITE WITH NO APPROVED VARIANCE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO OBTAIN APPROVED VARIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION CONSOLIDATED WITH PREVIOUS VIOLATION.
  2. Canvass

    0 infractions

  3. License

    2 infractions

    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED (NON CONSUMPTION) ICE MACHINE POTS, PANS, SPICES STORED IN GARAGE CONTAINING VEHICLE. ALL FOOD RELATED ITEMS WERE MOVED DURING INSPECTION.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE IN REAR GARAGE CONTAINING VEHICLE. ICE COULD BE CONSIDERED "UNPACKAGED FOOD" AND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. ICE MACHINE IN REAR GARAGE WAS LABELED AND MUST BE MAINTAINED AS NON CONSUMPTION ICE ONLY.
  4. License

    2 infractions

    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE IN REAR GARAGE CONTAINING VEHICLE. ICE COULD BE CONSIDERED "UNPACKAGED FOOD" AND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. ICE MACHINE IN REAR GARAGE MUST BE LABELED AND MAINTAINED AS NON CONSUMPTION ICE ONLY.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED (NON CONSUMPTION) ICE MACHINE POTS, PANS, SPICES STORED IN GARAGE CONTAINING VEHICLE. ALL FOOD RELATED ITEMS WERE MOVED DURING INSPECTION.

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