Sizzlin Skillets

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2019
• address8635 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Sizzlin Skillets clean?

Sizzlin Skillets is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 15, 2019. 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 Sizzlin Skillets?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2019, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURE IN PLACE .HOWEVER MUST PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN POLICY INCLUDING DISPOSABLE GLOVES,FACE MASK, DISPOSABLE MOP AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER TO KILL THE NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED INTERIOR AND DOORS OF ALL COOLERS NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS. ALSO COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO THERMOMETER IN PREP COOLERS.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER BOTTLES NOT LABELED WITH COMMON NAMES. MUST PROVIDE ON BOTTLES
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • WASHROOMS USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED PREP AREA WALLS, DOORS OF WASHROOM,BOILER ROOM, FURNACE DOOR NOT CLEAN/MAINTAINED. UNCLEAN WITH DEBRIS, SPIDER WEBBS,ETC. MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PIC AND ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS HAVE NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL MANAGERS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE MUST HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING

When was Sizzlin Skillets last inspected?

Sizzlin Skillets has 12 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2015.

Sizzlin Skillets vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.