Hot Doug's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 5, 2013
• address3324 N California Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Hot Doug's clean?

Hot Doug's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 5, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hot Doug's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 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 COOLERS NOT LABELED,INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLERS NOT LABELED,INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE RUSTY STORAGE SHELVE/RACKS INSIDE THE TWO DOORS REACH IN COOLER AT REAR PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE RUSTY STORAGE SHELVE/RACKS INSIDE THE TWO DOORS REACH IN COOLER AT REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOORS.INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER,BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP AREAS AND THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOORS.INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER,BEHIND EQUIPMENT AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP AREAS AND THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN WALLS BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN WALLS BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST INSTALL A BACK FLOW PREVENTIVE DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK FAUCET.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETER IN ALL CHEST FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT AND PREP AREA 1ST FLOOR.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETER IN ALL CHEST FREEZER AND REACH IN FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT AND PREP AREA 1ST FLOOR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL WASH CLOTH USE FOR CLEANING THE PREP TABLES AND DINING TABLES MUST STORED IN A SEPARATE BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ALL WASH CLOTH USE FOR CLEANING THE PREP TABLES AND DINING TABLES MUST STORED IN A SEPARATE BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION.

When was Hot Doug's last inspected?

Hot Doug's has 4 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2010.

Hot Doug's vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 5, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.