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Hot Dog Station
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2023
- address4742 N Kimball Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Hot Dog Station clean?
Hot Dog Station is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hot Dog Station?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENT.
When was Hot Dog Station last inspected?
Hot Dog Station has 14 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 17, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 28, 2013 | Pass |
Hot Dog Station vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 February 17, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.