Ihop

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 1, 2018
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Ihop clean?

Ihop is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 1, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Ihop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 1, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED THE CEILING LEAKING IN REAR PREP AREA BETWEEN UPRIGHT COOLER, AND CONDIMENT COOLER, TOASTER AND BREAD STORAGE AREA, FOOD NOT PROTECTED, INSTRUCTED TO MOVE TOASTER, AND BREAD, AND MOVE THE CONDIMENT COOLER OVER AWAY FROM THE LEAK.LEAK MUST BE REPAIRED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN, PREP TABLES, CUTTING BOARDS IN PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.ALSO CLEAN INTERIOR OF THE 2 DOOR COOLER,FRYERS/DOORS. EXTERIOR OF FRYERS STORAGE TABLES/2 TIER CART.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN REAR PREP/COOKING AREA, ICE MACHINE, NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.ALSO IN THE DISH ROOM REMOVE RAIN WATER ON FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN REAR PREP/COOKING AREA, ICE MACHINE, NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.ALSO IN THE DISH ROOM REMOVE RAIN WATER ON FLOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING LEAKING IN DISH ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.ALSO CLEAN WALLS THRU OUT DISH ROOM, REAR PREP AREA, AND CLEAN LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA WATER STAIN INSIDE LIGHT SHIELD. AND REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN FRONT DINING AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING LEAKING IN DISH ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.ALSO CLEAN WALLS THRU OUT DISH ROOM, REAR PREP AREA, AND CLEAN LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA WATER STAIN INSIDE LIGHT SHIELD. AND REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN FRONT DINING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE BACK FLOW DEVICE LEAKING AT FRONT UTILITY MOP SINK AREA BETWEEN RESTROOMS, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.ALSO OBSERVED WATER LEAKING FROM SHUT OFF VALVES IN DISH ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE SHUT OFF VALVES.

When was Ihop last inspected?

Ihop has 16 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ihop vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 1, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.