America's Dog

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2012
• address2300 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is America's Dog clean?

America's Dog is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at America's Dog?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46F AND WALK-IN COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 48F. BOTH UNITS WERE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. BOTH UNITS WERE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. UPON RETURNING ON 7/19/12 TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTION, BOTH UNITS WERE NOW AT PROPER TEMPERATURE (23F FOR PREP COOLER AND 35F FOR WALK-IN COOLER). MANAGER STATED THAT THE THERMOSTATS FOR BOTH COOLERS WERE TURNED DOWN TO A LOWER TEMPERATURE. HELD FOR INSPECTION TAGS WERE REMOVED FROM BOTH COOLERS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED HOT DOGS AT 44.9-47.6F, CORN DOGS AT 45.1F, ROAST BEEF AT 51.0F, CUT TOMATOES AT 49.2F, CHEESE AT 46.7F, RANCH DRESSING AT 50.1F, SESAME GINGER DRESSING AT 49.7F, CHICKEN SAUSAGES AT 44.0-44.9F, VEGGIE BURGERS AT 44.7F, BRATWURST AT 46.0F, EGGS AT 48.7F, PORK AT 45.5F, GOAT CHEESE AT 45.3F, PROVOLONE CHEESE AT 46.7F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 50# OF FOOD WORTH APPROX. $250. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MAINTAIN THE FLOOR DRY IN THE BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MAINTAIN THE FLOOR DRY IN THE BASEMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST CLEAN AND ORGANIZE THE BASEMENT TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. STORE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6" OFF OF THE FLOOR.

When was America's Dog last inspected?

America's Dog has 6 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2010.

America's Dog vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 July 18, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.