Hilltop Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 8, 2013
• address2800 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Hilltop Restaurant clean?

Hilltop Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 8, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hilltop Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE/WALK IN COOLERS AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS/BINS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE/WALK IN COOLERS AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS/BINS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN/MISSING GASKETS ON BOTH DOORS OF THE PREP REACH IN COOLER AT KITCHEN/PREP AREA
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN/MISSING GASKETS ON BOTH DOORS OF THE PREP REACH IN COOLER AT KITCHEN/PREP AREA
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; COOKING EQUIPMENT, CABINETS, TOASTERS, SHELVES, MICROWAVE OVEN BOTTOM PANELS AND LEGS OF ALL EQUIPMENT, SLICER AND FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOORS, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS; UNDER, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS IN THE KITCHEN AND INSIDE THE CLOSET.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOORS, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS; UNDER, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS IN THE KITCHEN AND INSIDE THE CLOSET.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS BEHIND 3PART SINK AND DISH WASHING MACHINE, REMOVE DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS BEHIND 3PART SINK AND DISH WASHING MACHINE, REMOVE DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR BOTH LEAKING FAUCETS FOR 3PART SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE BOXES/CLUTTER FROM THE CLOSET, CLEAN AND ORGANIZE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ARTICLES MUST BE STORED OFF FLOOR, AWAY FROM WALLS.

When was Hilltop Restaurant last inspected?

Hilltop Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2010.

Hilltop 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 44% 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 March 8, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.