Pita And Grill

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2025
• address5301 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Pita And Grill clean?

Pita And Grill is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pita And Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 1 PLUGGED IN COOLER MAINTAINING IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 65.4F. OTHER 2 COOLERS WERE NOT PLUGGED IN. BOX FREEZER WAS ONLY MECHANICAL REFRIGERATOR WORKING ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE COOLERS SO THAT ALL UNITS MAINTAIN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 41F.PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SODA GUN DRAINS INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA THROUGH HOSE. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK FREE FOR HANDWASHING ONLY.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SODA GUN DRAINS INTO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA THROUGH HOSE. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK FREE FOR HANDWASHING ONLY.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED UNSEALED WOOD NEAR EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT COUNTER PREP AREA AND NEAR SODA GUN IN SAME AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL AND MAINTAIN OR REMOVE FROM PREMISES AND MAINTAIN ONLY SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO UTILITY SINK ON PREMISES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL UTILITY SINK IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WOMEN'S TOILE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WOMEN'S TOILE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED ICE CREAM MACHINE AT FRONT COUNTER PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER PUT INTO SERVICE OR REMOVE FROM PREMISES. • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DIRT AND GRIME ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT BOTH PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Pita And Grill last inspected?

Pita And Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2025.

Pita And Grill vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.