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Pizza Hut
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 2, 2025
- address5401 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60609
Is Pizza Hut clean?
Pizza Hut is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 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 April 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE FOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE WHILE TCS FOOD ITEMS (PIZZA, PASTA, CHICKEN) ARE BEING PREPARED AND HANDLED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES OF FOOD OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PIZZA DELIVERY BAGS AND DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS IN PACKAGING STORED IN THE REAR MEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PIZZA DELIVERY BAGS AND DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS AND MAINTAIN CLEAN LINENS AND SINGLE-USE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED SUCH AS TOILET ROOMS.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PIZZA DELIVERY BAGS AND DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS IN PACKAGING STORED IN THE REAR MEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PIZZA DELIVERY BAGS AND DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS AND MAINTAIN CLEAN LINENS AND SINGLE-USE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED SUCH AS TOILET ROOMS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED PIZZA OVEN TRACKS TO BE HEAVILY SOILED WITH ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEANING MATERIALS AND AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF HARD, ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SPRAY HOSE NOZZLE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE HEAVILY-SOILED WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS AND NO LONGER EASILY-CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SPRAY HOSE NOZZLE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES EASILY-CLEANABLE.
When was Pizza Hut last inspected?
Pizza Hut has 10 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 12, 2017 | Pass |
Pizza Hut vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.