Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17)

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 30, 2021
• address11601 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60666

Is Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17) clean?

Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17) is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 30, 2021. 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 Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17)?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND INCOMPLETE VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL SPILL KIT ( MISSING ITEM APPROPRIATE SANITIZER THAT KILLS NOROVIRUS). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COMPLETE SPILL KIT AND PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE INSIDE HOT HOLDING DISPLAY UNIT.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE BINS IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (CINNAMON, SALT ETC) IN PREP AREA.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE CRACKED LID/COVER OF FOOD STORAGE BINS UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE INFRONT PREP AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP/SERVICE AND DISHWASHING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR WITH SYRUP BUILD-UP UNDERNEATH SODA SYRUP CABINET BEHIND FRONT PREP/SERVICE AREA TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17) last inspected?

Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17) has 14 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels (T1-C17) vs Ohare

Ohare runs 72% clean across 434 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 78 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 434 spots Cooked tracks in Ohare, 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 April 30, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.