Portillo's Hot Dogs

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL INSIDE PREMISES. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 35 SMALL LIVE FLIES ON WALL BEHIND BAR AREA AND WALL BEHING ICE CREAM MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLENA AND SANITIZED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE FLYING INSECT PROBLEM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 16, 2023: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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