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Chicago Pita Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 8, 2026
- address13227 S Brainard Ave, Chicago 60633
Is Chicago Pita Kitchen clean?
Chicago Pita Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chicago Pita Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOUND A MALE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL ENTERING/WORKING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.Personal Cleanliness • FOUND A MALE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL ENTERING/WORKING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE FRYES WITH A THICK BUILD UP OF DIRT, DUST, FOOD AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND THE MOP SINK WITH NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A BACKFLOW DEVICE AND MAINTAIN SAME. • FOUND THE BASE OF THE FAUCET ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. INSTRUCTED TO FIX LEAKS AND MAINTAIN GOOD PLUMBING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND THE FRYERS/COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT, GREASE AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • FOUND THE CFM ON SITE HAS NO CURRENT FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL CFMS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE.
When was Chicago Pita Kitchen last inspected?
Chicago Pita Kitchen has 24 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2019 | Pass |
Chicago Pita Kitchen vs Hegewisch
Hegewisch runs 73% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 66 clean, 12 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Hegewisch, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.