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Nick's Pit Stop
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 13, 2014
- address2011 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Nick's Pit Stop clean?
Nick's Pit Stop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 13, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Nick's Pit Stop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2014, 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 • IN WALK IN COOLER APPROXIMATELY 70 POUNDS OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (COOKED PASTA AND COOKED BEANS), VALUED AT $230 (AS STATED BY OPERATOR), WAS FOUND AT TEMPERATURES OF 48.7F AND 55.2F. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAID FOOD. INSTRUCTED ALL PHF MUST BE KEPT AT 40F OR BELOW AOR 140F OR ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND DESSERTS WRAPPED TO GO WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO LABEL WITH NAME OF PROCESSER, MAJOR INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS, AND ADDRESS OF PROCESSOR AND TO MAINTAIN.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND DESSERTS WRAPPED TO GO WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO LABEL WITH NAME OF PROCESSER, MAJOR INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS, AND ADDRESS OF PROCESSOR AND TO MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND A SMALL LEAK ON THE WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND A SMALL LEAK ON THE WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND GREASE BUILDUP ON LOWER COMPARTMENT OF FRYER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
When was Nick's Pit Stop last inspected?
Nick's Pit Stop has 7 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| June 13, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 13, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2011 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2010 | Pass |
Nick's Pit Stop vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 June 13, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.