Pierogi Heaven

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2019
• address169 N Wells St, Chicago 60606

Is Pierogi Heaven clean?

Pierogi Heaven is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 13, 2019. 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 Pierogi Heaven?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 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 • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND SIGNATURES FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY IN PLACE AND KIT (GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS, SANITIZER) ON SITE. KIT MUST MATCH POLICY IN PLACE FOR FACILITY. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT REQUIREMENTS. FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS OR HAT. MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS AND MAINTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT REQUIREMENTS. FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING AND SERVING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS OR HAT. MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING SINGLE-USE ARTICLE STORING REQUIREMENTS;SINGLE USE ARTICLE STORED INSIDE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE OF STORAGE REQUIREMENTS, FOOD HANDLER REMOVED ITEMS FROM RESTROOM AT TIME OF INSPECTION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING SINGLE-USE ARTICLE STORING REQUIREMENTS;SINGLE USE ARTICLE STORED INSIDE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE OF STORAGE REQUIREMENTS, FOOD HANDLER REMOVED ITEMS FROM RESTROOM AT TIME OF INSPECTION.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • 5-103.11(B) OBSERVED NO HOT WATER ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME HOT WATER AT 96.4-100.9 DEGREES F. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. ONSITE MANAGER ARRIVED DURING INSPECTION REPAIRED AND RESTORED HOT WATER TO FACILITY, HOT WATER AT 114 DEGREES F.
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • 5-103.11(B) OBSERVED NO HOT WATER ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME HOT WATER AT 96.4-100.9 DEGREES F. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. ONSITE MANAGER ARRIVED DURING INSPECTION REPAIRED AND RESTORED HOT WATER TO FACILITY, HOT WATER AT 114 DEGREES F.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.16 OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING MOP STORAGE REQUIREMENTS, MOPS STORED DOWN INSIDE UTILITY SINK AND ON FLOOR (CONDITION FOR PEST HARBORAGE). MUST STORE PROPERLY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES. FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES ON SITE FOR INSPECTION REVIEW.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES. FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES ON SITE FOR INSPECTION REVIEW.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS WITHOUT REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN

When was Pierogi Heaven last inspected?

Pierogi Heaven has 15 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pierogi Heaven vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 August 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.