The Piggery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2014
• address1625 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is The Piggery clean?

The Piggery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Piggery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION NOT CONTROLLED. OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER PLACING RAW BURGER PATTIES ON THE GRILL, THEN ASSEMBLING THE BUN AND READY TO EAT VEGETABLES ON THE BUN WHILE USING THE SAME PAIR OF GLOVES AND NOT WASHING HANDS. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED THE BUN AND VEGETABLES; FOOD HANDLERS WERE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ON HAND WASHING(MUST WASH HANDS IN BETWEEN CHANGING GLOVES). CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005Acritical
  Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION NOT CONTROLLED. OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER PLACING RAW BURGER PATTIES ON THE GRILL, THEN ASSEMBLING THE BUN AND READY TO EAT VEGETABLES ON THE BUN WHILE USING THE SAME PAIR OF GLOVES AND NOT WASHING HANDS. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED THE BUN AND VEGETABLES; FOOD HANDLERS WERE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ON HAND WASHING(MUST WASH HANDS IN BETWEEN CHANGING GLOVES). CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE STAINED, DEEP-GROOVED CUTTING BOARD ON THE PIZZA LINE TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE STAINED, DEEP-GROOVED CUTTING BOARD ON THE PIZZA LINE TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE BEER COOLER AND THE BAR SOILED WITH SYRUP AND JUICE SPILLAGE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD UNECCESSARY CLUTTER ITEMS IN THE BASEMENT AND RE-ORGANIZE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • FOUND ICE SCOOP STORED IN ICE MACHINE WITH HANDLE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER OR IN ICE WITH HANDLE FACING UP.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • FOUND ICE SCOOP STORED IN ICE MACHINE WITH HANDLE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER OR IN ICE WITH HANDLE FACING UP.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.

When was The Piggery last inspected?

The Piggery has 9 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2010.

The Piggery vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 October 17, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.