Porretta's Banquets

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2019
• address3718 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Porretta's Banquets clean?

Porretta's Banquets is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 12, 2019. 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 Porretta's Banquets?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PUT CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO DRAINBOARD AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A DRAINBOARD OVER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CORE VIOLATION
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO DRAINBOARD AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A DRAINBOARD OVER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CORE VIOLATION
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A BACKFLOW DEVICE OR SHOW WHERE BACKFLOW DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED. CORE VIOLATION
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING TILES STAINED AT SECOND FLOOR WASHROOM IST SECTION.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR CEILING TILES CORE VIOLATION
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUCT LEADING FROM OVEN TO HOOD DISCONNECTED FROM OVEN TO HOOD.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO RECONNECT DUCT TO HOOD. CORE VIOLATION
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUCT LEADING FROM OVEN TO HOOD DISCONNECTED FROM OVEN TO HOOD.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO RECONNECT DUCT TO HOOD. CORE VIOLATION
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO BECOME ALLERGEN CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION

When was Porretta's Banquets last inspected?

Porretta's Banquets has 14 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Porretta's Banquets vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Randees Food Store
  cooked · April 30, 2013
• ✓ Super Cup Restaurant
  clean · February 2, 2010
• ? Allwin Food & Liquor
  cooked · November 19, 2010
• ? Kalinowski Sausage Inc
  cooked · June 18, 2013
• ✓ Kfc
  cooked · January 4, 2012
• ✓! Peerless Trading Corp
  mid · June 9, 2020

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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 March 12, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.