Dunkin Donuts

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2020
• address1745 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Dunkin Donuts clean?

Dunkin Donuts is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 11, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Dunkin Donuts?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ,REPAIR CAUSE.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED WATER DRAINING ON FLOOR FROM ICE BIN DISPENSER UNDER THE COUNTER TOP AT FRONT PREP AREA. A DRAIN HOSE IS REQUIRED TO BE ADDED AT MENTIONED UNIT.HOSE MUST DRAIN ON FLOOR DRAINS.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED WATER DRAINING ON FLOOR FROM ICE BIN DISPENSER UNDER THE COUNTER TOP AT FRONT PREP AREA. A DRAIN HOSE IS REQUIRED TO BE ADDED AT MENTIONED UNIT.HOSE MUST DRAIN ON FLOOR DRAINS.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HAND SOAP DISPENSER AT HANDWASHING SINK BY THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT DISPENSING SOAP FOR HAND WASHINGS. REPAIR/REPLACE SAID DISPENSER. MANAGER BOUGHT BOTTLE SOAP FROM LOCAL STORE AND PROVIDED AT SAID HANDWASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C),CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS,INCLUDED INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLERS

When was Dunkin Donuts last inspected?

Dunkin Donuts has 3 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2018.

Dunkin Donuts vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 11, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.