Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2018
• address11009 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60655

Is Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili clean?

Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2018. 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 Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.11 OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO CLEAN PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING SYSTEM ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • 3-603.11 OBSERVED NO DISCLOUSER STATEMENT ON THE MENU AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED SOUP TWO TYPES IN 2 DOOR COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11A OBSERVED RUSTY COOLER STORAGE RACKS, INSTRICTED TO REMOVE THE RUST.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11C OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYER DOORS NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED THE WALLS NOT CLEAN IN FRONT PREP AND REAR PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • 6-102.11 OBSERVED ONE CRACKED CEILING TILE, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. • 6-201.11 OBSERVED THE FLOOR NOT CLEAN UNDER THE FRONT FRYERS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/REMOVE THE GREASE FROM UNDER THE FRYERS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.B OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE EXPIRED, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.B OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE EXPIRED, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA100-0367 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili last inspected?

Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili has 16 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lindy's Chili- Gertie's Ice Cream & Chili vs Mount Greenwood

Mount Greenwood runs 66% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 22 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Mount Greenwood, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 28, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.