Dave's 's Red Hot

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2025
• address3422 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60624

Is Dave's 's Red Hot clean?

Dave's 's Red Hot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dave's 's Red Hot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED EXTERIOR DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE NOT TIGHTLY SEALED ON SIDES WITH 1/4IN GAPS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR DOOR TO BE TIGHT FITTING IN ALL SPACES.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY MARKED DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN SINK.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY MARKED DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN SINK.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM FOR FEMALE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED RECEPTACLE IN RESTROOM FOR FEMALE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MULTIPLE HOLES IN WALLS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR ALL AREAS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND TIGHT SEALED FOR THE PREVENTION OF PEST. • OBSERVED DEBRIS AND TRASH INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER SPACE WHERE DRINKS ARE STORED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DIRECT FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN UPDATED TRAINING AND MAINTAIN ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DIRECT FOOD HANDLERS TO OBTAIN UPDATED TRAINING AND MAINTAIN ON SITE.

When was Dave's 's Red Hot last inspected?

Dave's 's Red Hot has 5 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2019.

Dave's 's Red Hot vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 December 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.