Saucy Porka

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
• address335 S Franklin St, Chicago 60606

Is Saucy Porka clean?

Saucy Porka is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. 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 Saucy Porka?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE PRESENT WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE ON-SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE WHILE PREPARING TCS FOOD ITEMS (COOKED PROTEINS, COOKED VEGETABLES). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC VIEW AT ALL TIMES OF FOOD OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS USED AS SCOOPS IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF IN-USE UTENSILS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS USED AS SCOOPS IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF IN-USE UTENSILS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE STYROFOAM TO-GO CONTAINERS STORED UNCOVERED/NOT INVERTED ALONG THE FRONT GRILL LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SINGLE-USE/SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES COVERED OR INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED PAPER TOWELS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING STORED ON SHELF IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PAPER TOWELS AND STORE SINGLE-USE/SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS TOILET ROOMS AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE STYROFOAM TO-GO CONTAINERS STORED UNCOVERED/NOT INVERTED ALONG THE FRONT GRILL LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SINGLE-USE/SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES COVERED OR INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED PAPER TOWELS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING STORED ON SHELF IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PAPER TOWELS AND STORE SINGLE-USE/SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS TOILET ROOMS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKETS AT THE FRONT GRILL LINE AREA DRAWER COOLER TO BE IN POOR REPAIR, DAMAGED AND MISSING IN SOME AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GRILL LINE AREA DRAWER COOLER GASKETS AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND PROPER ADJUSTMENT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE REAR WAREWASHING AREA UTILITY SINK IN POOR REPAIR, DEFLECTOR CAP MISSING BUT FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE DEFLECTOR CAP FOR THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASTE RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR EMPLOYEE WASHROOM TO BE UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN ALL WOMEN'S OR UNISEX WASHROOMS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY PRODUCTS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED WASTE RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR EMPLOYEE WASHROOM TO BE UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN ALL WOMEN'S OR UNISEX WASHROOMS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY PRODUCTS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING STAFF ON-SITE WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES PRESENT AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL FOOD HANDLING STAFF WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING STAFF ON-SITE WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES PRESENT AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL FOOD HANDLING STAFF WITH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE AND AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.

When was Saucy Porka last inspected?

Saucy Porka has 13 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Saucy Porka vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓ Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Loop
  clean · March 8, 2016
• ✓! Londonhouse Hotel
  mid · July 26, 2018
• ✓ London House Hotel
  clean · May 24, 2016
• ✓ London House Hotel
  clean · November 30, 2018
• ✓ Londonhouse Hotel
  clean · May 10, 2016
• ✓ London House Hotel
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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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.