Piranahs Fish & Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 20, 2026
• address2351 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60612

Is Piranahs Fish & Chicken clean?

Piranahs Fish & Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 20, 2026. 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 Piranahs Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • UPON ARRIVAL, OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE DURING THE INSPECTION WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  No Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE HANDLING RTE FOOD WITH BARE HANDS FOR CUSTOMER CONSUMPTION. FOUND EMPLOYEE DRESSING TWO HAMBURGER BUNS WITH CONDIMENTS WITH NO GLOVES ON. INSTRUCTED MUST USE GLOVES OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE APPROVED METHODS WHEN HANDLING READY TO EAT FOOD AND PRODUCTS. EMPLOYEE WASHED HANDS AND PUT ON GLOVES AFTER NOTICE. APPROXIMATELY 3LBS AT $5 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010, CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA MISSING HANDWASHING SIGN. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT ANY OF THE HANDWASHING SINKS ON SITE. THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA, TOILET ROOM, FRONT PREP AREA HANDWASHING SINKS WERE ALL MISSING HAND DRYING PROVISIONS. OBSERVED EMPLOYEE USING YELLOW WASH CLOTH FOUND ON FOOD PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED TO EQUIP ALL HAND-WASHING SINKS WITH HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AND USE ADEQUATE HAND DERYING PROVISIONS. NAPKINS PROVIDED AT THE HANDWASHING SINKS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SOAP AT HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. SOAP WAS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS IN THE COLD HOLDING UNITS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO LABELES ON THE DRY INGREDIENT STORAGE CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TWO SINK STOPPERS MISSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TWO SINK STOPPERS MISSING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE FOR THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER THAT ARRIVED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST TAKE COURSE AND PROVIDE RECORDS ON SITE.

When was Piranahs Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Piranahs Fish & Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2020.

Piranahs Fish & Chicken vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 April 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.