Art's Drive Inn

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 23, 2020
• address1333 W North Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Art's Drive Inn clean?

Art's Drive Inn is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Art's Drive Inn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED IMPROPER DATE MARKING ON TCS FOODS HELD MORE THAN 24 HOURS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND PREP COOLERS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN FRONT LINE COCA-COLA COOLER BEING USED TO STORE CREAMER AND OTHER TCS ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND REPAIR.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CHICKEN BEING STORED IN DISPOSABLE GROCERY BAGS IN ROLL TOP FREEZER LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CHICKEN BEING STORED IN DISPOSABLE GROCERY BAGS IN ROLL TOP FREEZER LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN EITHER OF 2 UNISEX RESTROOMS LOCATED IN REAR OFFICE AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLES IN EITHER OF 2 UNISEX RESTROOMS LOCATED IN REAR OFFICE AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME ON EXTERIOR USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME ON EXTERIOR USED COOKING OIL CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST REMOVE NON-WORKING 2-DOOR TALL COOLER FROM REAR PREP AREA. • OBSERVED SEVERAL HOLES IN WALLS OF UNISEX TOILET ROOM LOCATED IN REAR OFFICE AND STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED CERTIFIED MANAGERS WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES MUST COMPLETE ALLERGY TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. REPEAT CORE VIOLATION.

When was Art's Drive Inn last inspected?

Art's Drive Inn has 14 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Art's Drive Inn vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 April 23, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.