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Pizza Hut Express
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 22, 2013
- address225 S Canal St, Chicago 60606
Is Pizza Hut Express clean?
Pizza Hut Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 22, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pizza Hut Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 22, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED AT THIS TIME FROM INSPECTION REPORT #1134533 DATED 9/10/12 VIOLATION#21 (7-38-012) INSPECTION REPORT STATED "FOUND NO ONE ON PREMISES WITH A CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF ENROLLEMENT FOR SUCH, WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (PIZZA,CHICKEN) INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHEN OPEN/POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE HANDLED, PREPARED, COOKED OR SERVED CORRECT BY DATE 9/12/12. UPON INSPECTION AT 955AM THERE WAS NO CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED.A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER ARRIVED AT 1115AM WITH A VALID CERTIFICATE. A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER NEEDS TO BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEINGED PREPARED, COOKED,HANDLED OR SERVED.criticalPrevious Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED AT THIS TIME FROM INSPECTION REPORT #1134533 DATED 9/10/12 VIOLATION#21 (7-38-012) INSPECTION REPORT STATED "FOUND NO ONE ON PREMISES WITH A CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF ENROLLEMENT FOR SUCH, WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (PIZZA,CHICKEN) INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHEN OPEN/POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE HANDLED, PREPARED, COOKED OR SERVED CORRECT BY DATE 9/12/12. UPON INSPECTION AT 955AM THERE WAS NO CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED.A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER ARRIVED AT 1115AM WITH A VALID CERTIFICATE. A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER NEEDS TO BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEINGED PREPARED, COOKED,HANDLED OR SERVED.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LOOSE GASKETS OF REAR COOLER DOORS HOLDING PIZZA DOUGH PANS.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR LOOSE GASKETS OF REAR COOLER DOORS HOLDING PIZZA DOUGH PANS.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND FLOOR DRAINS IN THE REAR BY THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE CRUMBS AND FOOD DEBRIS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND FLOOR DRAINS IN THE REAR BY THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE CRUMBS AND FOOD DEBRIS.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST RECAULK WALL AT WALLBASE WHERE IT MEETS WITH THE 3COMP SINK IN THE REAR AREA.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST RECAULK WALL AT WALLBASE WHERE IT MEETS WITH THE 3COMP SINK IN THE REAR AREA.
- ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED TWO PREP STAFF MEMBERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES.Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED TWO PREP STAFF MEMBERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES.
When was Pizza Hut Express last inspected?
Pizza Hut Express has 7 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| March 22, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 10, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 7, 2011 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2010 | Fail |
Pizza Hut Express vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 March 22, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.