Pot Pan Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2018
• address1362 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Pot Pan Restaurant clean?

Pot Pan Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Pot Pan Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2018, 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 • PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED DMANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODES OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • PREMISES HAS NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODES OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • PREMISES HAS NO LONG STEM THERMOMETERS TO CHECK TEMPERATURES OF FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED MANGER TO LABEL BULK STORAGE CONTAINER WITH THE NAME OF PRODUCT. • NOTED PREPARED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE THE COOLER WITH NO LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY LABEL PREPARED AND PRECOOKED FOOD ITEMS WITH THE NAME AND DATE (FIFO).
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COUNTER TOP, PREP TABLE, STORAGE SHELVING AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING AND STORAGE CONTAINER TO REMOVE SPILL AND DEBRIS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED CLEANING THROUGH OUT PREMISES 1st FLOOR AND IN BASEMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. • NOTED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLUTTER THROUGH OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEM, ELEVATE ALL STOCK/FOOD ITEMS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL. ALSO MUST ORGANIZE FOR CLEAN AND PEST MONITORING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE DISH WASHING AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • PREMISES EMPLOYEE'S DO NOT HAVE THEIR FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • PREMISES EMPLOYEE'S DO NOT HAVE THEIR FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODES OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.

When was Pot Pan Restaurant last inspected?

Pot Pan Restaurant has 17 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pot Pan Restaurant vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 December 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.