Dimo's Pizza Six Corners

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 22, 2024
• address1615 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Dimo's Pizza Six Corners clean?

Dimo's Pizza Six Corners is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 22, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Dimo's Pizza Six Corners?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA TO BE OBSTRUCTED BY DOUGH CART. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE DOUGH CART AND MAINTAIN HANDWASHING SINKS UNOBSTRUCTED AND ACCESSIBLE FOR USE BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AT ALL TIMES. PERSON-IN-CHARGE RELOCATED CART AND MADE HANDWASHING SINK ACCESSIBLE FOR USE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE WAREWASHING AREA (NEXT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK) MISSING DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS FOR USE IN HANDWASHING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS OR OTHER APPROVED HAND DRYING METHOD FOR HANDWASHING TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PERSON-IN-CHARGE PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS TO HANDWASHING SINK AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES (ICE DISPENSER PLATE, ICE SHIELD) TO BE HEAVILY-SOILED WITH BLACK, SLIME-LIKE SUBSTANCE AND NOT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE, AND MAINTAIN FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH AT ALL TIMES. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DISCARDED ALL ICE AND CLEANED AND SANITIZED FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PERSON-IN-CHARGE VOLUNTARILY CEASED USE OF ICE MACHINE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED CONTAINER OF FRIED CHICKEN IN THE WALK-IN COOLER STORED COVERED WITH CONTAINER LID WHILE COOLING. INSTRUCTED TO STORE TCS FOOD ITEMS UNCOVERED OR LOOSELY-COVERED (IF PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION) WHILE COOLING AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINER OF RAW GROUND BEEF THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE ON FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOOD ITEMS USING APPROVED THAWING METHODS, SUCH AS UNDER REFRIGERATION, AND MAINTAIN.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINER OF RAW GROUND BEEF THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE ON FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOOD ITEMS USING APPROVED THAWING METHODS, SUCH AS UNDER REFRIGERATION, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED SEVERAL COOLERS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR KITCHEN AREAS MISSING INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS IN A CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY-VIEWABLE LOCATION IN ALL EQUIPMENT USED TO COLD-HOLD TCS FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SEVERAL SINGLE-USE AND MULTI-USE CUPS USED AS A SCOOP IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CUPS AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WHILE SCOOPING IN BULK CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SEVERAL SINGLE-USE AND MULTI-USE CUPS USED AS A SCOOP IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CUPS AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WHILE SCOOPING IN BULK CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKETS AT 3-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT PIZZA PREP AREA TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, TORN AND PULLING AWAY FROM DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS AT 3-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPER ADJUSTMENT.

When was Dimo's Pizza Six Corners last inspected?

Dimo's Pizza Six Corners has 22 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dimo's Pizza Six Corners vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Dimo's Pizza Six Corners
  clean · July 12, 2013
• ✓ Al's Beef
  clean · April 26, 2018
• ✓ Jibaros Sports Bar & Restaurant
  clean · April 4, 2013
• ✓ Dark Matter Coffee Llc.
  clean · March 22, 2013
• ✓ Gelato D'oro
  clean · May 26, 2015
• ✓! Big Star
  mid · April 30, 2024

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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 November 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.