Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2021
• address5753 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials clean?

Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 18, 2021. 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 Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE (TCS FOODS) (POTATOES, CHICKEN, SOUPS ETC.) ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE, A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE WHEN PREPARING AND/OR HANDLING (TCS FOODS) AND CERTIFICATES MUST BE POSTED AS REQUIRED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012,CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE A HANDWASHING SINK ACCESSIBLE AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER (FOOD AND DRINK DISPENSING AREA) WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SUPPLIED WITH SOAP AND HAND PAPERTOWELS.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C),NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOILS USED TO LINE SHELF UNDERNEATH THE PREP TABLE ACROSS THE COOKING STOVE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALUMINUM FOIL LINER FROM SHELF;SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES.MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES.MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES.

When was Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials last inspected?

Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials has 5 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2017.

Polish House. Lunch, Dinner & Specials vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 31% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 244 clean, 76 mid, 462 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Belmont Cragin

• ✓ Aldi Foods Store #90B
  clean · September 13, 2017
• ✓ Clear Life Cafe
  cooked · June 14, 2018
• ✓ Clear Life Cafe
  clean · July 10, 2017
• ✓ Mary's Food Market
  cooked · June 26, 2017
• ✓ Tacos El Tio 2
  clean · April 14, 2026
• ✓ Fina Estampa
  clean · October 14, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Belmont Cragin →

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 February 18, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.