Spicy Pickle

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2010
• address2312 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Spicy Pickle clean?

Spicy Pickle is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 1, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Spicy Pickle?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. FRONT DOOR MUST BE PERMANENTLY SEALED ON ALL SIDES. NO OPEN GAPS. • VENTILATION IN LADIES ROOM WITH DUST, MUST CLEAN. SHELVING UNDER SODA DISPENSING SYSTEM DIRTY, MUST CLEAN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. FRONT DOOR MUST BE PERMANENTLY SEALED ON ALL SIDES. NO OPEN GAPS. • VENTILATION IN LADIES ROOM WITH DUST, MUST CLEAN. SHELVING UNDER SODA DISPENSING SYSTEM DIRTY, MUST CLEAN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INTERIOR PIZZA COOLER DIRTY MUST CLEAN.BULK FLOUR CONTAINERS MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR OF WALK IN COOLER DIRTY, MUST CLEAN. STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR NEXT TO WALK IN COOLER, MUST REMOVE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR OF WALK IN COOLER DIRTY, MUST CLEAN. STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR NEXT TO WALK IN COOLER, MUST REMOVE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS OF WALK IN COOLER WITH FOOD SPLATTER, MUST CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS OF WALK IN COOLER WITH FOOD SPLATTER, MUST CLEAN.

When was Spicy Pickle last inspected?

Spicy Pickle has 3 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2010.

Spicy Pickle vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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 1, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.