Papa Lou's Place

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 16, 2019
• address3451 W Madison St, Chicago 60624

Is Papa Lou's Place clean?

Papa Lou's Place is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Papa Lou's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED THE SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOORS IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTIAN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED THE SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON THE WASHROOM DOORS IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTIAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED CLEANING AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • SEE VIOLATION #60.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 ALLERGEN TRAINING NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2222883 DATE 9-25-18: PA 100-0367 OBSERVED NO FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE ALLERGEN REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58 ALLERGEN TRAINING NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2222883 DATE 9-25-18: PA 100-0367 OBSERVED NO FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE ALLERGEN REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-42-090.

When was Papa Lou's Place last inspected?

Papa Lou's Place has 4 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2017.

Papa Lou's Place vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 16, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.