Portillo's Hot Dogs

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock
  Inspector note: HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE FINAL RINSE GUAGE NOT WORKING, GUAGE IS READING AT 150 F, HOWEVER ESTABLISHMENT HAS HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE TEST PAPERS WHICH SHOWS DISHMACHINE TO BE SANITIZING AT CORRECT TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST FIX/REPLACE DAMAGED FINAL RINSE GUAGE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE PREP AREA COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GASKETS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON BASEMENT FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND PREP TABLES. MUST CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 11, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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