Papa Johns Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2019
• address2101 E 71St St, Chicago 60649

Is Papa Johns Pizza clean?

Papa Johns Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Papa Johns Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11 OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (PORK, CHICKEN) ARE BEING PREPARED HANDLED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE NOR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO CLOSED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO CLOSED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Papa Johns Pizza last inspected?

Papa Johns Pizza has 8 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2011.

Papa Johns Pizza vs South Shore

South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.

Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, 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 December 19, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.