Pilotworks

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 13, 2018
• address820 N Orleans St, Chicago 60610
• cuisineShared Kitchen

Is Pilotworks clean?

Pilotworks is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 13, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pilotworks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 13, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD RAILING AROUND FRONT PACKAGING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PAINT/SEAL SO THE RAILING IS SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD RAILING AROUND FRONT PACKAGING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PAINT/SEAL SO THE RAILING IS SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE INSIDE OF THE EXHAUST VENTS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ROUGH/UNSMOOTH BRICK WALLS AROUND PERIMETER OF FOOD PREP AREAS. MUST REFINISH WALLS TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED GAP IN WALL AROUND PIPE SERVING DISH MACHINE IN 1/2 DISH ROOM. MUST SEAL. OBSERVED METAL POSTS IN WALL NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN ROOM 3B. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN WALL TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ROUGH/UNSMOOTH BRICK WALLS AROUND PERIMETER OF FOOD PREP AREAS. MUST REFINISH WALLS TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED GAP IN WALL AROUND PIPE SERVING DISH MACHINE IN 1/2 DISH ROOM. MUST SEAL. OBSERVED METAL POSTS IN WALL NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN ROOM 3B. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN WALL TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED PARTICULATE MATTER CLOGGING AERATORS ON MULTIPLE FAUCETS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AERATORS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WATER FLOW. OBSERVED TWO RINSE TEMPERATURE GAUGES ON THE DISH MACHINE BETWEEN ROOMS 4/5. ONE GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL WORKING TEMPERATURE GAUGES. OBSERVED LEAK AT COLD WATER FAUCET ON HANDSINK IN TEMPERATURE CONTROL PREP ROOM. MUST REPAIR. OBSERVED MECHANICAL EXHAUST VENTS IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS NOT FUNCTIONING. MUST REPAIR.

When was Pilotworks last inspected?

Pilotworks has 2 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2018.

Pilotworks vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 February 13, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.