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Papa John's Pizza
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 7, 2020
- address5359 N Broadway, Chicago 60640
Is Papa John's Pizza clean?
Papa John's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 7, 2020. 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 Papa John's Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING TCS FOOD. PREPARES PIZZAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED.7-38-012.MUST PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.Personal Cleanliness • FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND LID OF REACH IN COOLERS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • FOUND TOILET NOT FLUSHING/BACKED UP. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-030C. TAGGED 1 OF 2 EMPLOYEE UNISEX RESTROOMS.Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • FOUND TOILET NOT FLUSHING/BACKED UP. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-030C. TAGGED 1 OF 2 EMPLOYEE UNISEX RESTROOMS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT PREMISES. MUST CLEAN.
When was Papa John's Pizza last inspected?
Papa John's Pizza has 10 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 7, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 21, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 20, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 23, 2014 | Fail |
Papa John's Pizza vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 7, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.