Chipmunks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 30, 2019
• 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 30, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. 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 30, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON SITE AS WELL NO NECESSARY ITEMS/KIT ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE VOMIT AND DIARHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND NECESSARY ITEMS/KIT (DISPOSAL MOP HEAD, SINGLE USE GLOVES, FACE MASK AND APPROVED CHEMICAL SANITIZER)/ ON SITE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND SINK AT FRONT PREP/HOT LINE AREA, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL HAND SINK AT FRONT PREP/HOT LINE AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, PANEL A LITTLE DIRTY. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT POTS & PANS BEING STORED ABOVE THE OVEN IN THE PREP AREA, TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST INVERT POTS & PANS BEING STORED ABOVE THE OVEN IN THE PREP AREA, TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND TORN REFRIGERATION GASKETS ON MULTIPLE REFRIGERATION UNITS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO REPLACE ALL TORN GASKETS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF ALL 1-DOOR UPRIGHT FREEZERS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO IDENTIFY BACK FLOW PREVENTION/VACUUM BREAKER DEVICE ON BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM IN DINNING AREA, OR ON MOP/UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO IDENTIFY AND OR INSTALL SAID DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE AND MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST SEAL HOLE IN WALL BEHIND MOP/UTILITY SINK IN DISH AREA. REPLACE STAINED AND MISSING CEILING TILES IN REAR. ALSO, REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF REAR HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST REMOVE OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER NEAR REAR EXIT DOORS, PROVIDE HOOKS FOR MOPS & BROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND DEAD BUGS FROM ALONG WALL BASE UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.

When was Chipmunks last inspected?

Chipmunks has 11 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2015.

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 51% 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 30, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.