The Pita King

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 20, 2016
• address6234 N California Ave, Chicago 60659

Is The Pita King clean?

The Pita King is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 20, 2016. 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 Pita King?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD UNDER HOT WATER HEATER NEEDS TO PAINTED OR SEALED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD UNDER HOT WATER HEATER NEEDS TO PAINTED OR SEALED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OSERVED MOP SINK UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN. CLEAN ALL FLOORS AND MAINTAIN IN A SANITIARY CONDITION.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN. CLEAN ALL FLOORS AND MAINTAIN IN A SANITIARY CONDITION.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS IN WASHROOM UNCLEAN. CLEAN ALL WALLS OR PAINT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS IN WASHROOM UNCLEAN. CLEAN ALL WALLS OR PAINT.

When was The Pita King last inspected?

The Pita King has 3 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2016.

The Pita King vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 May 20, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.