Pizza Hut

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 29, 2016
• address2337 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608

Is Pizza Hut clean?

Pizza Hut is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 29, 2016. 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 Pizza Hut?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (SAUSAGE, CHEESE) ARE BEING HANDLED PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES BUSINESS IS OPEN AND OPERATING. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST INSIDE FRYERS AND ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE OF THE PIZZA OVENS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS LOCATED IN THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS LOCATED IN THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST ON THE CEILING LOCATED ABOVE THE PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST ON THE CEILING LOCATED ABOVE THE PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED MOPS BEING STORED DOWNWARD. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL MOPS UPRIGHT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Pizza Hut last inspected?

Pizza Hut has 12 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2012.

Pizza Hut vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, 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 August 29, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.