Potato Potato

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 13, 2024
• address325 E Pershing Rd, Chicago 60653

Is Potato Potato clean?

Potato Potato is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 13, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Potato Potato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AS REQUIRED WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN AND STEAK ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED PIC THAT A VAILD CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY/SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE ON THE REAR MOP SINK AS REQUIRED. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM DOOR WITH A SELF CLOSING DEVICE. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM DOOR WITH A SELF CLOSING DEVICE. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT ALL CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST COMPLY WITH THE ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.

When was Potato Potato last inspected?

Potato Potato has 5 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2023.

Potato Potato vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 November 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.