Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 24, 2023
• address30 E Chicago Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower clean?

Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 24, 2023. 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 Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • THERMOMETERS IS NOT PROVIDED IN STAND UP COOLERS. COLD/HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE THERMOMETER IN AN EASILY VIEWED LOCATION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • IN-USE WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT STORED PROPERLY. FOUND ON PREP-LINE COUNTER. CLOTHS USED TO WIPE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT SHALL BE HELD IN A PROPER SANITIZER SOLUTION. CLOTHS IN-USE FOR WIPING SURFACES IN CONTACT WITH RAW ANIMAL FOODS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM CLOTHS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IN-USE CLOTHS MUST BE LAUNDERED DAILIY.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND COLD HOLDING UNITS IS SOILED WITH OIL AND FOOD DEBRIS. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • WALK-IN COOLER FAN GUARD NEAR HEAT DISH MACHINE IS SOILED WITH DEBRIS. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN WALK-IN FREEZER AND PREPARATION AREAS IS SOILED WITH DEBRIS. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • PUDDLE WATER FOUND ON FLOOR NEAR HEAT DISH MACHINE. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALLERGEN CERTIFICATIONS NOT PROVIDED ON SITE. ALL CITY CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN A VALID FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION.

When was Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower last inspected?

Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower has 11 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2016.

Chick-Fil-A Loyola Water Tower vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 January 24, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.