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Italian Express
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 9, 2013
- address2307 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Italian Express clean?
Italian Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Italian Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: FOUND SLICED GYRO MEAT STORED INSIDE A PLASTIC CONTAINER BY THE SPIT UNIT AT TEMP OF 71.2F AND 78.4F.ALSO GYRO MEAT ON THE SPIT WAS AT TEMP OF 100.4F, SPIT UNIT WAS TURNED OFF. NO TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG PROVIDED AT PRESENT TIME. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. POUNDS 10, VALUE $110. INFORMATION GIVEN HOW TO KEEP FOOD WITH PROPER TEMPERATURE. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A).
- ❓food from a questionable sourcecriticalAdequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • FOUND BOTH WASHROOMS USED ONLY BY STAFF IN BASEMENT AREA NOT MAINTAINED. OBSERVED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF TOILET BOWL IN MEN'S WASHROOM DIRTY WITH FECES AND GRIMES, TOILET BOWL IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM EXTERIOR DIRTY WITH GRIMES ALSO FECES WERE SMEARED ON WALL BY THE MIRROR AT SAME SAID WASHROOM.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WASHROOMS. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030
When was Italian Express last inspected?
Italian Express has 6 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| April 9, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2011 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2010 | Pass |
Italian Express vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 April 9, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.