Porkchop Hyde Park

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 18, 2017
• address1516 E Harper Ct, Chicago 60615
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Porkchop Hyde Park clean?

Porkchop Hyde Park is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 18, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Porkchop Hyde Park?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • INADEQUATE REFRIGERATION FACILITIES ON TRUCK. COOLER MAINTAINING IMPROPER AIR TEMPERATURE OF 65.5F. COOLER AIR TEMPERATURE MUST MAINTAIN 40.0F OR BELOW. ALSO HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT NOT OPERABLE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST REPAIR. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A. NO CITATION
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • TRUCK HAS NO HOT WATER AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK NOT PROVIDED.MUST PROVIDE BOOK. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 NO CITATION
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PRINT UPDATED LICENSE NUMBER ON LATERAL SIDES OF THE VEHICLE.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PRINT UPDATED LICENSE NUMBER ON LATERAL SIDES OF THE VEHICLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXTERIOR OF FRESH WATER INLET VALVE NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.MUST CLEAN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN TRUCK ABOVE STEAMTABLE.MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER .REFGERATOR THERMOMETER IN POOR REPAIR.MUST PROVIDE BOTH THERMOMETERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER .REFGERATOR THERMOMETER IN POOR REPAIR.MUST PROVIDE BOTH THERMOMETERS.

When was Porkchop Hyde Park last inspected?

Porkchop Hyde Park has 3 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2016.

Porkchop Hyde Park vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.