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Philly's Best Express
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 27, 2017
- address2436 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Philly's Best Express clean?
Philly's Best Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 27, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Philly's Best Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 27, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • No city of chicago certified food service manager on site while potentially hazardous foods are prepared and served (beef, potatoes, etc). Instructed facility to have a certified manager on site at all times while preparing and/or serving potentially hazardous foods with original certificates posted and to maintain. Serious violation 7-38-012(a).
When was Philly's Best Express last inspected?
Philly's Best Express has 9 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| December 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 29, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Philly's Best Express vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 27, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.