Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 7, 2013
• address744 W 35Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs clean?

Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 7, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • FOUND FRESH CUT FRY CUTTER WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF BUILD UP OF POTATO DEBRIS AND MOLD. CONTAINER TO CATCH THE CUT FRIES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN POTATO CUTTER. MANAGER CLEANED POTATO CUTTER. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED. SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION.critical
  Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • FOUND FRESH CUT FRY CUTTER WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF BUILD UP OF POTATO DEBRIS AND MOLD. CONTAINER TO CATCH THE CUT FRIES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN POTATO CUTTER. MANAGER CLEANED POTATO CUTTER. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED. SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO PERSON ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON SITE TO PROVIDE PERSON WITH CERTIFICATE AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED. NO PERSON ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL RAW WOOD MUST BE SEALED UNDER AND AROUND FRONT COUNTER. MUST SEAL AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ALL RAW WOOD MUST BE SEALED UNDER AND AROUND FRONT COUNTER. MUST SEAL AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING IN NEED OF CLEANING: BOTH FRYERS TO REMOVE EXCESS GREASE, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, AND SINKS TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. COVING IN POOR REPAIR ALONG WALL BASE NEXT TO REACH IN COOLER. FLOORS IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING. ALL FOOD MUST BE UP OFF THE FLOOR 6 INCHES. MUST CORRECCT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. COVING IN POOR REPAIR ALONG WALL BASE NEXT TO REACH IN COOLER. FLOORS IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING. ALL FOOD MUST BE UP OFF THE FLOOR 6 INCHES. MUST CORRECCT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAK AT FAUCET AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs last inspected?

Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs has 4 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2012.

Zebra's Gourmet Hot Dogs vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 October 7, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.