Halal Pitta Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2019
• address1234 N Halsted St, Chicago 60642

Is Halal Pitta Grill clean?

Halal Pitta Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2019. 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 Halal Pitta Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURE, BUT NO CLEAN UP KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE HOT SERVING LINE AND PREP AREA IN THE FRONT KITCHEN WITH FOOD STAINS AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BLACK MILK CRATES BEING USED TO STORE FOOD AND BEVERAGES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE FOOD GRADE MATERIALS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, 3-DOOR COOLER IN THE FRONT KITCHEN AREA, AND THE 2-DOOR REACH IN COOLER ENCASED WITH DIRT, GRIME, AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THAT'S NOT BEING USED IN THE REAR STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE DEPOSITS, FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST ON THE FLOORS IN BETWEEN THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT KITCHEN AREA, THE BACK KITCHEN AREA, AND BEHIND THE COOLING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DUST ON THE FILTERS IN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DUST ON THE FILTERS IN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Halal Pitta Grill last inspected?

Halal Pitta Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2018.

Halal Pitta Grill 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.

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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 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.