Penny's Noodle Shop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 17, 2019
• address950 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Penny's Noodle Shop clean?

Penny's Noodle Shop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 17, 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 Penny's Noodle Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEE TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT: -HAND SINK NEXT TO 2 COMPARTMENT SINK, IN REAR -HAND SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA -CUSTOMER/EMPLOYEE SHARED RESTROOMS INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK AT: -REAR DISH MACHINE AREA ADJACENT TO BACK DOOR. -REAR PREP AREA ADJACENT TO WALK IN COOLER/S AND OFFICE AREA.INFORMED MANAGER THAT HAND WASHING SINKS MUST BE INSTALLED IN FOOD PREP, DISHWASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL HAND SINK IN SAID AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT FOOD AND TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS: RAW CHICKEN, COOKED SLICED BEEF, SHREDDED CABBAGE, COOKED NOODLED, ETC. STORED IN BOTH WALK IN COOLERS AND FRONT COOK LINE COOLER WITHOUT PROPER LABEL AND DATES. INFORMED MANAGER THAT READY TO EAT FOODS AND TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS STORED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MORE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED . READY TO EAT FOODS AND TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS STORED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED WHITE SUBSTANCE STORED IN BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR PREP AREA. INFORMED MANAGER THAT ONCE FOODS ARE REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CONTAINERS AND STORED IN BULK FOOD CONTAINERS, COMMON NAME MUST BE MARKED ON CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL CONTAINER WITH COMMON NAME ONCE FOODS ARE STORED/PLACED INSIDE CONTAINER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO IDENTIFY BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE IN REAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO IDENTIFY AND OR INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELD COVER ON LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE REAR DISH MACHINE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL SHIELD COVER IN SAID AREA. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELD COVER ON LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE REAR DISH MACHINE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL SHIELD COVER IN SAID AREA. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367- OBSERVED ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATE NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATES. NO CITATION ISSUED.

When was Penny's Noodle Shop last inspected?

Penny's Noodle Shop has 15 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Penny's Noodle Shop vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 January 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.