Pide Ve Lahmacun is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 9, 2016. 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 Pide Ve Lahmacun?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN HANDLE DOOR AT THE FOOD PREP AREA 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED TINT FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING AT COOKS LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN HANDLE DOOR AT THE FOOD PREP AREA 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED TINT FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING AT COOKS LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED AT TH FOOD PREP AREA REFRIGERATOR. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED AT TH FOOD PREP AREA REFRIGERATOR. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF FOOD PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF FOOD PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
When was Pide Ve Lahmacun last inspected?
Pide Ve Lahmacun has 8 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2012.
date
result
score
October 24, 2016
closed by the city
March 9, 2016
Pass
May 22, 2015
Pass
October 29, 2014
Pass
June 25, 2014
Pass
December 31, 2013
Pass
April 18, 2013
Pass
July 26, 2012
Pass
Pide Ve Lahmacun vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 March 9, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.