The Dog House2

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 19, 2015
• address4501 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is The Dog House2 clean?

The Dog House2 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 19, 2015. 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 The Dog House2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED AT EXPOSED HAND SINK BETWEEN THE SAID SINK AND PREP COUNTER; ALSO BETWEEN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ICE BIN AT LEFT SIDE OF THE SAID SINK
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED AT EXPOSED HAND SINK BETWEEN THE SAID SINK AND PREP COUNTER; ALSO BETWEEN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ICE BIN AT LEFT SIDE OF THE SAID SINK
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MINIMAL BUILD-UP OF MINERAL INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE UNIT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • PEELING PAINT ON FLOOR INSIDE THE STORAGE AREA OF AUTO REPAIR BUILDING,REFRIGERATORS AND ICE MACHINE ARE STORED AT THAT LOCATION.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON0ABSORBENT SURFACE
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • PEELING PAINT ON FLOOR INSIDE THE STORAGE AREA OF AUTO REPAIR BUILDING,REFRIGERATORS AND ICE MACHINE ARE STORED AT THAT LOCATION.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON0ABSORBENT SURFACE
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM FOOD STORAGE.RELOCATE ITEMS

When was The Dog House2 last inspected?

The Dog House2 has 3 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2015.

The Dog House2 vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, 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 June 19, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.