Hot Dog Fiend

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2019 →
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Hot Dog Fiend clean?

Hot Dog Fiend is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hot Dog Fiend?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present

When was Hot Dog Fiend last inspected?

Hot Dog Fiend has 5 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2015.

Hot Dog Fiend vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 80% clean across 699 tracked restaurants — 551 clean, 98 mid, 38 cooked.

Against the 699 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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