Sandwichqueen Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 2, 2024
• address1811-1835 W Harrison St, Chicago 60612

Is Sandwichqueen Express clean?

Sandwichqueen Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 2, 2024. 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 Sandwichqueen Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS (SANDWICHES) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE PREP TABLES AND INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE FLOOR AND WALLS OF THE PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING.

When was Sandwichqueen Express last inspected?

Sandwichqueen Express has 4 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2023.

Sandwichqueen Express vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 August 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.