Millennium Dogs is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 22, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Millennium Dogs?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, must properly date food items in coolers.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, must properly date food items in coolers.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Caulk around exposed hand sink, 3 compartment sink in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Caulk around exposed hand sink, 3 compartment sink in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Cooler shelving/racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices), prep table lower shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning. Front counter shelving not clean, needs detailed cleaning.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
When was Millennium Dogs last inspected?
Millennium Dogs has 9 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2010.
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 22, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.