Diner Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJune 12, 2020
• address1635 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Diner Grill clean?

Diner Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Diner Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO PERSON IN CHARGE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO ORIGINAL AND VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. ALSO INSTRUCTED TO ENROLL IN FOOD MANAGER SANITATION COURSE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VERIFICATION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005.
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  Food Separated And Protected • OBSERVED TRAY OF RAW CHICKEN STORED OVER RAW BEEF PATTIES IN 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER RAW BEEF SHOULD ALWAYS BE STORED OVER RAW CHICKEN. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY REARRANGED STORING. PRIORITY. 7-38-005.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WRITTEN AT THE BOTTOM OF MENU (EGGS, BURGERS, STEAK). MUST PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE STATING, "THESE FOOD ITEMS ARE COOKED TO ORDER.". PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • DURING INSPECTION, OBSERVED NO TOILET PAPER IN UNISEX BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER BATHROOM MUST HAVE A SUPPLY OF TOILET PAPER AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • DURING INSPECTION, OBSERVED NO TOILET PAPER IN UNISEX BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER BATHROOM MUST HAVE A SUPPLY OF TOILET PAPER AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED FROM LAST INSPECTION ON APRIL 19, 2019, REPORT #2285468. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ALWAYS POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-42-010(B).
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • OBSERVED SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED FROM LAST INSPECTION ON APRIL 19, 2019, REPORT #2285468. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ALWAYS POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-42-010(B).

When was Diner Grill last inspected?

Diner Grill has 19 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Diner Grill vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 June 12, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.