Chipmunks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2014
• address438 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Chipmunks clean?

Chipmunks is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chipmunks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE NOT MAINTAINED. WITH YELLOWISH/ORANGE MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE TUBE WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN IN DETAIL AND SANITIZE. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-38-005(A). STRATOS ICE MAKER TECHNICIAN CAME AND CLEANED AND SANITIZED INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE DURING INSPECTION.
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • FOUND OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED WITH FRESH GREASE ALL OVER THE LID. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. MANAGER WENT OUT TO CLEAN THE GREASE CONTAINER LID DURING INSPECTION. ALSO OUTSIDE DUMPSTER LID WIDE OPEN WITH OVERFLOWING GARBAGE. MANAGER WENT OUT TO CLOSE THE LID AND REMOVE ALL THE OVERFLOWING GARBAGE DURING INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-38-020.
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • FOUND OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED WITH FRESH GREASE ALL OVER THE LID. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. MANAGER WENT OUT TO CLEAN THE GREASE CONTAINER LID DURING INSPECTION. ALSO OUTSIDE DUMPSTER LID WIDE OPEN WITH OVERFLOWING GARBAGE. MANAGER WENT OUT TO CLOSE THE LID AND REMOVE ALL THE OVERFLOWING GARBAGE DURING INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-38-020.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABELED AND DATED ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH READY TO EAT FOOD INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER. ALSO LABEL ALL BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABELED AND DATED ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH READY TO EAT FOOD INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER. ALSO LABEL ALL BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN IN DETAIL AND SANITIZE ALL DRY FOOD BULK CONTAINERS LID.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENT COVER IN BOTH WASHROOMS WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST REPLACE MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN. HOOD WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD-UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENT COVER IN BOTH WASHROOMS WITH DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST REPLACE MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN. HOOD WITH GREASE AND DUST BUILD-UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • PIZZA HOT HOLDING UNIT LIGHT BULB NOT SHIELDED. MUST REPLACE LIGHT BULB WITH SHATTERED PROOFED LIGHT BULB. ALSO MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ON THE LIGHT BULBS IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD AND END CAPS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AND PROVIDE PAPER TOWEL AND SOAP.

When was Chipmunks last inspected?

Chipmunks has 6 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2010.

Chipmunks vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 August 28, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.