Hilltop Family Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2025
• address2800 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Hilltop Family Restaurant clean?

Hilltop Family Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Hilltop Family Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • NOTED THE CHLORINE CHEMICAL DISH WASHING MACHINE NOT DISPENSING SANITIZER WHILE DISHES BEING WASHED. 0 PPM CHLORINE NOTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED, PROPERLY DISPENSES CHLORINE SANITIZER AND C.D.P.H CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. INSTRUCTED TO SET THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE AND RE-WASH ALL DISHES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED. • SOME INTERIOR AREAS OF THE ICE MACHINES ICE SHOOT IN NEED OF CLEANING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Proper Cooling Time And Temperature • OBSERVED IMPROPER COOLING OF TCS COOKED POTATOES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. COOKED POTATOES INSIDE A TIGHTLY COVERED DEEP PLASTIC PAN AT 98.9F. POTATOES COOKED IN THE MORNING AT 8:30AM EXCEEDING THE 2 HOURS TO COOL DOWN TO 70F, THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 HOURS TO 40F. REVIEWED PROPER COOLING METHODS AND TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COOLING. INSTRUCTED TO REHEAT POTATOES TO 165F THEN START THE COOLING PROCESS AGAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #21 FOR CITATION.
  Proper Cooling Time And Temperature • OBSERVED IMPROPER COOLING OF TCS COOKED POTATOES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. COOKED POTATOES INSIDE A TIGHTLY COVERED DEEP PLASTIC PAN AT 98.9F. POTATOES COOKED IN THE MORNING AT 8:30AM EXCEEDING THE 2 HOURS TO COOL DOWN TO 70F, THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 HOURS TO 40F. REVIEWED PROPER COOLING METHODS AND TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR COOLING. INSTRUCTED TO REHEAT POTATOES TO 165F THEN START THE COOLING PROCESS AGAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #21 FOR CITATION.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • NOTED APPROXIMATELY 3 LBS COOKED SAUSAGE ON THE STOVE TOP BEING HELD HOT AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 103.6F. REVIEWED PROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR TCS FOODS. SAUSAGE DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOOD NOT STORED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER UNDER THE ELECTRIC SLICER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NOTED VERY LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE AND LOW STREAM OF HOT WATER IN THE MENS WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE A GREATER WATER FLOW FOR HOT WATER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM. MUST REPLACE.----DIRTY FLOORS ALONG BASEBOARDS IN THE REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR DRY FOODS STORAGE ROOM. MUST REPLACE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR DRY FOODS STORAGE ROOM. MUST REPLACE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE FOR COOK ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE FOR COOK ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.

When was Hilltop Family Restaurant last inspected?

Hilltop Family Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hilltop Family Restaurant 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 37% 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 November 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.