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Auntie Anne's Pretzels
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 25, 2022
- address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661
Is Auntie Anne's Pretzels clean?
Auntie Anne's Pretzels is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 25, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Auntie Anne's Pretzels?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. A HAND WASHING SINK MUST BE LOCATED IN ALL PREP, DISPENSING, AND WAREWASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • FOUND ICE MACHINE INTERIOR PANEL STAINED WITH PINK AND BLACK. MUST REPLACE PANEL.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO PRETZEL FOOD PREPARATION AREA. FOUND NO BARRIER BETWEEN HANDWASHING SINK AND FOOD PREPARATION TABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN HANDWASHING SINK AND FOOD PREPARATION AREA TO PREVENT MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOUND HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO PRETZEL FOOD PREPARATION AREA. FOUND NO BARRIER BETWEEN HANDWASHING SINK AND FOOD PREPARATION TABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN HANDWASHING SINK AND FOOD PREPARATION AREA TO PREVENT MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
When was Auntie Anne's Pretzels last inspected?
Auntie Anne's Pretzels has 2 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 9, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 25, 2022 | Fail |
Auntie Anne's Pretzels vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 May 25, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.