Nuts on Clark Popcorn
5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 · Garfield Ridge · Restaurant · Medium risk
Clean record — passed all 9 inspections
Last Inspected
2025-04-22
What You Should Know
✓ 9 consecutive passes, most recently 2025-04-22
✓ No failures across all 9 inspections on record
⚠ Documentation & Training issues found across 2 inspections
⚠ Employee Hygiene issues found across 1 inspection
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Types of Issues Found
📋 Documentation & Training critical 2×
🌡 Food Temperature serious 2×
🧼 Employee Hygiene critical 1×
🚰 Plumbing & Waste minor 1×
Inspection History
1 ▾
minor Sanitation
PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOOR AROUND HOT WATER TANK AND GREASE TRAP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
3 ▾
minor Documentation & Training
FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
OBSERVED LARGE WHITE CONTAINER HOLDING KERNELS NOT LABELED WITH COMMON NAME. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
minor Sanitation
NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
OBSERVED INTERIOR DOOR OF COLD HOLD UNIT TO HAVE BUILD UP OF RESIDUE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED CONTAINER HOLDING POPCORN KERNELS WITH EXCESSIVE RESIDE ON EXTERIOR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
minor Sanitation
PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER SHELVING AND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
2023-07-28 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass 1 ▾
serious Sanitation
TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, & USED
NO LABELS ON WORKING CONTAINERS USED FOR CLEANERS AND SANIZERS (STORING POISONOUS AND TOXIC MATERIAL) PIC UNAWARE OF OF COMMON NAME OF THE MATERIAL IN CONTAINERS. ALL DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. INSTD TO HAVE ALL WORKING CONTAINERS CLEARLY AND INDIVIDALL...
2022-02-18 Pass Complaint Re-Inspection ▾
2022-02-14 Pass w/ Conditions Complaint 2 ▾
serious Food Temperature
PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
OBSERVED TCS FOOD, BUTTER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF 58.9F. BUTTER CONTAINS CREAM AS AN INGREDIENT AND REQUIRES REFRIGERATION AS STATED ON LABEL. BUTTER DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. ALL COLD TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT OR BELOW 4...
minor Food Temperature
PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
REACH IN COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 60.1F. INSTD TO HAVE ALL REFRIGERATION AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. COOLER TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. INSTD NOT TO USE UNTIL REINSPECTION BY CDPH. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 PRI...
CRITICAL 2 ▾
critical Employee Hygiene
ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
SOAP DISPENSER IN NEED OF REPLACING. HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY OBTAINING SOAP. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
minor Sanitation
PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP IN MOP CLOSET AND STORAGE CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
1 ▾
minor Plumbing & Waste
PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
MISSING PROPER STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER STOPPERS AND MAINTAIN
1 ▾
minor Chemical Safety
FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
2018-07-10 Pass w/ Conditions License CRITICAL 3 ▾
critical Documentation & Training
MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012A
critical Other
PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
serious Sanitation
WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS
CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT (CIP) (2 STATIONARY POPCORN KETTLES/MAKERS) ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING/SANITIZING OF SAID EQUIPMENT
Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health ·
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