Sam's Red Hot

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 17, 2016
• address2345 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Sam's Red Hot clean?

Sam's Red Hot is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 17, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Sam's Red Hot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 2-4-16,REPORT #1631348. #45FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS,RECORS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUTED TO PROVIDE. TODAY WE(MANAGER/OWNER AND I ) OBSERVED SAME VIOLATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-42-090
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DIRTY GREASY RAGS BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE DUCT OF THE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY SEAL OPENING WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. INSIDE OF THE CABINET UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH ECCESS SPIDER WEBS ALSO THE WALL WITH EXCESS DEBRIS .INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DIRTY GREASY RAGS BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE DUCT OF THE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY SEAL OPENING WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. INSIDE OF THE CABINET UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH ECCESS SPIDER WEBS ALSO THE WALL WITH EXCESS DEBRIS .INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN CEMENT FLOOR UNDER THE COCA-COLA POP DISPENSER ACROSS FROM STEAM TABLE.OBSERVED BROKEN CEMENT,BRICKS WOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN FRON TOF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COVERED WITH CARDBOARDS,INSTRUCYED TO REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND REMOVE CARDBOARDS FROM ESTABLISHEMENT.FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER PARTIALLY BROKEN AROUND THE SOUTH BASEBOARD WALL,IN THE MIDDLE STEP ,AND AROUND THE BASEBPARD WALL BY THE DOOR OF THE UNIT MENTIONED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN CEMENT FLOOR UNDER THE COCA-COLA POP DISPENSER ACROSS FROM STEAM TABLE.OBSERVED BROKEN CEMENT,BRICKS WOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN FRON TOF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COVERED WITH CARDBOARDS,INSTRUCYED TO REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND REMOVE CARDBOARDS FROM ESTABLISHEMENT.FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER PARTIALLY BROKEN AROUND THE SOUTH BASEBOARD WALL,IN THE MIDDLE STEP ,AND AROUND THE BASEBPARD WALL BY THE DOOR OF THE UNIT MENTIONED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON REPAIRED WALLS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,SOUTH WALL,PECIES OF WOOD NAILD TO WALL,UNVEN,WITH OPENINGS AND SURFACE IS NOT SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOOD,AND PROVIDE SURACE THAT IS SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE HOLES ON WALL UNDER THE STEAM TABLE / SERVING TRAYLINE AT NORTH EAST WALL,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON REPAIRED WALLS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,SOUTH WALL,PECIES OF WOOD NAILD TO WALL,UNVEN,WITH OPENINGS AND SURFACE IS NOT SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOOD,AND PROVIDE SURACE THAT IS SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE HOLES ON WALL UNDER THE STEAM TABLE / SERVING TRAYLINE AT NORTH EAST WALL,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO LIGHT SHIELD PROVIDED AT LIGHT ABOVE THE STEAM TABLE/SERVING AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD WITH END CAPS OR SHATTER-PROOF BULBS ARE ACCEPTABLE
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • VIOLATION REMAINS ON VIOLATION #29
  Food Handler Requirements Met • VIOLATION REMAINS ON VIOLATION #29

When was Sam's Red Hot last inspected?

Sam's Red Hot has 14 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sam's Red Hot vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.