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Portillo's Hot Dogs
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 26, 2026
- address520 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
Is Portillo's Hot Dogs clean?
Portillo's Hot Dogs is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Portillo's Hot Dogs?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • MULTIPLE MALE FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT BEARD RESTRAINTS. INSTD TO WEAR BEARD RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAINPersonal Cleanliness • MULTIPLE MALE FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT BEARD RESTRAINTS. INSTD TO WEAR BEARD RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAIN
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • WORN SEALANT/CAULKING INBETWEEN WALL AND HANDWASH SINK IN TOMATO PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPLACE SEALANT AND MAINTAIN • CONDENSOR LEAKING CAUSING WATER ACCUMULATION ON INTERIOR BOTTOM OF SLIDING 2 DOOR "STORAGE COOLER' IN MIDDLE OF PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME
When was Portillo's Hot Dogs last inspected?
Portillo's Hot Dogs has 34 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 28, 2022 | Pass |
Portillo's Hot Dogs vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 May 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.