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Uptown Underdawg
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 7, 2021
- address1122 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640
Is Uptown Underdawg clean?
Uptown Underdawg is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 7, 2021. 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 Underdawg?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 7, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON-SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND PROCEDURE/PLAN ON-SITE; HOWEVER, KIT NOT COMPLETE MISSING SOLUTION TO CONTROL NOROVIRUS FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, ALSO MISSING MOP ETC. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE KITCHEN. THE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE KITCHEN. THE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BASEBOARD WALL MISSING TILE AT PREP AREA UNDER THE HOOD, REPLACE. HOLES ON CEILING AROUND PIPE AT REAR AREA ABOVE THE TWO DOOR COOLER.REPAIR CAUSE.
When was Uptown Underdawg last inspected?
Uptown Underdawg has 2 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| June 7, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Uptown Underdawg 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.
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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 June 7, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.