Slice Factory

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2020
• address3435 1/2 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Slice Factory clean?

Slice Factory is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Slice Factory?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST POST HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDSINKS IN PREP AND TOILET ROOM AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • FOUND WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON BLADE OF MOUNTED CAN OPENER IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND CUTTING BOARD IN NEED OF REPAIR OR REPLACING. Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and SANITIZED, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON THE EXTERIOR CONTACT SURFACE OF THE PIZZA OVEN, INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND LEAKY DRAIN PIPE UNDER HAND WASHING SINK ON NEXT TO COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND LOOSE DEBRIS ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE REAR PREP AREA AND UNDER HEAVY COOKING EQUIPMENT, AND CLEAN FLOOR IN FURNACE CLOSET. ALSO, FOUND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND CLUTTER IN FURNACE CLOSET, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER AND MAINTAIN.

When was Slice Factory last inspected?

Slice Factory has 9 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2017.

Slice Factory vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 September 22, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.