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Pita Express
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 19, 2018
- address100 W Randolph St, Chicago 60601
Is Pita Express clean?
Pita Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 19, 2018. 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 Pita Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. A 90 day grace period was given for all new priority and priority foundation violations. Citations will be issued on the next inspection after the 90 day grace period for these violations. (New violations are marked with an asterisk*)
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT/ DIARRHEA CLEANUP KIT, NO CLEANUP PROCEDURE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN A 90 day grace period was given for all new priority and priority foundation violations. Citations will be issued on the next inspection after the 90 day grace period for these violations. (New violations are marked with an asterisk*)
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN
When was Pita Express last inspected?
Pita Express has 20 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| July 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 17, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 19, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2014 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2014 | Fail |
Pita Express 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 July 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.