Uptown Pho

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2019
• 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 September 24, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 September 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DRYING RACKS ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING AREA UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER AREAS NOT CLEAN. GARBAGE SPILLAGE SURROUNDING GREASE CONTAINER.PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020B. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. GARBAGE AREAS WERE CLEANED BY THE END OF INSPECTION.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER AREAS NOT CLEAN. GARBAGE SPILLAGE SURROUNDING GREASE CONTAINER.PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020B. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. GARBAGE AREAS WERE CLEANED BY THE END OF INSPECTION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER 1 COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND COOKING AREA WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION. MUST CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NOT ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NOT ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Uptown Pho last inspected?

Uptown Pho has 5 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2018.

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 33% 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 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.