Highway House

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 21, 2019
• address5653 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago 60646

Is Highway House clean?

Highway House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Highway House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY CLEAN-UP ITEMS ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER HAND WASHING SIGNAGE FOR ALL HAND WASHING SINKS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS STORED ON SHELF IN BASEMENT FOOD PREP/DISH WASHING AREA NOT LABELED.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER LABEL TO IDENTIFY FOOD STORED AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRAINAGE WATER PIPE INSTALLED ALONG CEILING IN BASEMENT NEAR THE DISH WASHING MACHINE AREA.INSTRUCTED TO SHIELD MENTIONED AREA TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS OR UNDER LINES ON WHICH WATER HAS CONDENSED AND TO MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRAINAGE WATER PIPE INSTALLED ALONG CEILING IN BASEMENT NEAR THE DISH WASHING MACHINE AREA.INSTRUCTED TO SHIELD MENTIONED AREA TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS OR UNDER LINES ON WHICH WATER HAS CONDENSED AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL KITCHEN WARE POTS/PANS STORED UNDERNEATH WORK TABLE ACROSS FROM ICE MAKER (BASEMENT PREP/DISH WASHING AREA)MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND TO MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL KITCHEN WARE POTS/PANS STORED UNDERNEATH WORK TABLE ACROSS FROM ICE MAKER (BASEMENT PREP/DISH WASHING AREA)MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND TO MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS. MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED OR STAINED CUTTING BOARDS. • OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT WATER LINE FOR ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT AREA.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A VISIBLE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR MENTIONED AREA.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • A toilet room used by females shall be provided with a covered receptacle for sanitary napkins.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • A toilet room used by females shall be provided with a covered receptacle for sanitary napkins.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN SECTION OF FLOOR IN BASEMENT UNDERNEATH NEAR THE DISH WASHING MACHINE AND IN FRONT OF THE WALK-IN-COOLER SAME AREA.THESE MENTIONED FLOOR AREAS MUST BE REPAIRED TO SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES ALSO,NEWLY INSTALLED OUTSIDE STORAGE SHED MUST BE FINISHED SUCH THAT FLOOR AND WALLS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND TO MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT COFFEE EXPRESSO IN THE CUSTOMER DINING ROOM AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIM LIGHTED AREA AT BASEMENT REAR DISH WASHING MACHINE AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING IN MENTIONED AREAS AND MAINTAINED. • OBSERVED (SOUTHEND) CONVENTION OVEN IN BASEMENT PREP/DISH WASHING AREA MUST BE UNDER VENTILATION, WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS MORE THAN 7.5 KILOWATTS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DIM LIGHTED AREA AT BASEMENT REAR DISH WASHING MACHINE AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING IN MENTIONED AREAS AND MAINTAINED. • OBSERVED (SOUTHEND) CONVENTION OVEN IN BASEMENT PREP/DISH WASHING AREA MUST BE UNDER VENTILATION, WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS MORE THAN 7.5 KILOWATTS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALLERGEN TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE A CITY FOR CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.

When was Highway House last inspected?

Highway House has 13 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Highway House vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, 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 May 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.