Uptown Pho

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2022
• address1010 W Argyle St, Chicago 60640

Is Uptown Pho clean?

Uptown Pho is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 23, 2022. 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 Uptown Pho?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE (WHERE ICE IS DISPENSED) IS NOT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SINGLE-USE CUP WITHOUT A HANDLE USED AS A SCOOP IN SUGAR CONTAINER. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE SCOOP WITH A HANDLE. • UTENSILS SUCH AS CHOP STICKS AND SPOONS ARE PROVIDED IN BULK FOR CUTOMER USE AT EACH TABLE. FACILITY MUST REMOVE AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SINGLE-USE CUP WITHOUT A HANDLE USED AS A SCOOP IN SUGAR CONTAINER. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE SCOOP WITH A HANDLE. • UTENSILS SUCH AS CHOP STICKS AND SPOONS ARE PROVIDED IN BULK FOR CUTOMER USE AT EACH TABLE. FACILITY MUST REMOVE AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINING FOR DRY STORAGE SHELF AND CARDBOARD DUCT TAPED TO FLOOR IN DRY STORAGE AREA. THE FACILITY MUST REMOVE FROM USE AND REPLACE WITH EQUIPMENT THAT IS DURABLE AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND EASY TO MONITOR UNDERNEATH THAT MEETS FOOD STANDARDS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE AT HANDSINK NEXT TO ICE MACHINE. FACILITY MUST REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • UNNECESSARY ITEMS / NONFUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOUND IN STORAGE UTILITY CLOSET NEAR BACK EXIT DOOR. THE PREMISES SHALL BE FREE OF ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. THIS INCLUDES EQUIPMENT THAT IS NONFUNCTIONAL OR NO LONGER USED. • BASE COVING WAS NOT FOUND ON THE FLOOR, AND WALL JUNCTURES IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE • CRACKED TILES FOUND ON TOP OF INSTALLED TILES IN STORAGE UTILITY CLOSET NEAR BACK EXIT DOOR. THE FACILITY MUST REMOVE CRACKED TILES AND ENSURE TILES UNDERNEATH ARE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE, AND NONABSORBENT.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER DOES NOT HAVE VALID/PROOF OF ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE. ALL CITY-CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN A FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE.

When was Uptown Pho last inspected?

Uptown Pho has 2 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2022.

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 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 September 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.