Hilarys Cookies

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2018
• address4917 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Hilarys Cookies clean?

Hilarys Cookies is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Hilarys Cookies?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2018, 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 • 2-102.14(N)-NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11- NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14-NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT FOR SANITIZER FOR 3 COMPT SINK. MUST PROVIDE. AT THE END OF INSPECTION HUSBAND OF THE OWNER CAME AND BROUGHT THE CHEMICAL TEST KIT FOR CHLORINE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14-NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT FOR SANITIZER FOR 3 COMPT SINK. MUST PROVIDE. AT THE END OF INSPECTION HUSBAND OF THE OWNER CAME AND BROUGHT THE CHEMICAL TEST KIT FOR CHLORINE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13- DUST BUILD-UP ON THE FAN GUARD OF 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER . MUST CLEAN,REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12-BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE FOR THE MOP SINK FAUCET NOT LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE,SERVICE AND MAINTAINED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11-FOWL SMELL ON THE FLOOR DRAIN INSIDE THE WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAIN AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.11- MUST RE SEAL OR RE PAINT THE FLOOR IN THE PREP/DISH WASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-202.18-DUST ACCUMULATED ON THE HOOD ABOVE THE OVEN. MUST CLEAN,REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-202.18-DUST ACCUMULATED ON THE HOOD ABOVE THE OVEN. MUST CLEAN,REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13-ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN A FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13-ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN A FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Hilarys Cookies last inspected?

Hilarys Cookies has 10 inspections on record going back to July 14, 2010.

Hilarys Cookies vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 October 31, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.