Uptown Pho

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 14, 2018
• address1010 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640

Is Uptown Pho clean?

Uptown Pho is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Uptown Pho?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • NOTED EMPLOYEES (COOKS) WHILE WEARING GLOVES, WASHED DISHES AT THE UTILITY SINK WITHOUT REMOVING OR CHANGING GLOVES OR WASHING HANDS...SAME EMPLOYEES WHILE WEARING GLOVES MOVE FROM KITCHEN THROUGH THE DOOR; OPEN THE 3 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AT THE HALLWAY AND BACK TO THE KITCHEN TO CONTINUE COOKING, ALL WITHOUT CHANGING GLOVES AND/OR WASHING HANDS. DISCUSSED WITH NO BARE HAND CONTACT POLICY WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-010(A)
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NOTED PREP TABLE WITH SLICER AND FROZEN MEAT READY TO BE SLICED WITH NO HAND WASH SINK, NOR SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS ON THE SECOND FLOOR DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER INSTALL A HAND WASH SINK WITH SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS OR REMOVE PREP TABLE AND SLICER. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-030
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:- EMPLOYEE WASHING DISHES AT THE UTILITY SINK OF THE PREP TABLE, NOTED EMPLOYEE SODA BOTTLE INSIDE ICE MACHINE BIN (ICE USED TO SERVE CUSTOMERS), NOTED GRAYISH, SLIMY SUBSTANCE INSIDE THE INNER LINING OF ICE MACHINE DRIPPING ON TO THE ICE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO WASH DISHES AT THE UTILITY SINK, MUST REMOVE AND NOT STORE ANY EMPLOYEE FOOD ITEMS INSIDE ICE MACHINE AND MANAGER IMMEDIATELY HAD EMPLOYEES CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND PREPARED BY OR USED BY DATE......NOTED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS WITH TIGHT FITTING LIDS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND PREPARED BY OR USED BY DATE......NOTED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS WITH TIGHT FITTING LIDS.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA BEHIND STOVE AND UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT....MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AT THE ELECTRICAL ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA BEHIND STOVE AND UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT....MUST ALSO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AT THE ELECTRICAL ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER AT THE SECOND FLOOR ELECTRICAL/HEATING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.

When was Uptown Pho last inspected?

Uptown Pho has 8 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2014.

Uptown Pho vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in Uptown

• ✓ Argyle Grocery, Inc
  clean · April 20, 2020
• ✓ Pho Loan Restaurant
  clean · February 24, 2026
• ✓ M & M Restaurant Group
  clean · October 27, 2025
• ✓ Brix Catering & Events
  clean · October 7, 2014
• ✓ Brix Catering & Events
  clean · October 7, 2014
• ✓! Uptown Underground
  mid · July 24, 2018

See every restaurant inspection in Uptown →

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 March 14, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.