Pizza Hut

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2019
• address5240 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60630

Is Pizza Hut clean?

Pizza Hut is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2019. 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 Pizza Hut?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA PROCEDURE CLEAN UP POLICY OR KIT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AVAILABLE AT THE HAND SINK LOCATED IN THE DISH WASHING/PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.(CORRECTED ON SITE - MANAGER PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS DURING INSPECTION). PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(c) CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND RUST ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE FLOOR DRAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND RUST ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE FLOOR DRAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL ABOVE PREP AREA IN REAR DISH WASHING/PREP TABLE WITH GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SMALL HOLES IN THE WALL ABOVE THE PREP AREA IN THE REAR DISH WASHING/PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MAINTENANCE TOOLS STORED IN THE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CONDENSER FAN COVER WITH DUST ACCUMULATION INSIDE WALK-IN FREEZER.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED VENTILATION IN THE TOILET ROOM NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN

When was Pizza Hut last inspected?

Pizza Hut has 6 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2016.

Pizza Hut vs North Park

North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.

Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 January 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.