Dunkin Donuts
Last inspected: Aug 27, 2024
58
Score
Dunkin Donuts has been inspected 10 times since 2015. The most recent visit was on Aug 27, 2024. Medium risk typically reflects a handful of issues that inspectors wrote up but didn't deem critical.
Violation counts have held steady across recent visits, averaging around four violations each.
“Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean” comes up most often, recorded nine times in the inspection record.
Dunkin Donuts' latest score of 58 falls below the Chicago average of 81. The inspection history reads as standard for a restaurant of this size.
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Inspections
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Aug 27, 2024
Routine
11 minor violations.
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Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
Inspector notes: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF FRONT PREP COOLER. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
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In-use utensils: properly stored
Inspector notes: OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED INSIDE ICE BIN IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
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Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
Inspector notes: OBSERVED ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST STORE AND ELEVATED FROM FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET BASE AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION VENTS IN THE WASHROOMS AND IN THE FRONT SELLING AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTS CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED SOILED MOPS MUST BE STORED NVERTED TO DRY AT THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK WHEN NOT IN USE.
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All food employees have food handler training
Inspector notes: PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE.
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Food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINES WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
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Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN OR POSTER NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
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Insects, rodents, & animals not present
Inspector notes: OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED. OBSERVED REAR EXIT DOOR WITH A GAP BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME. MUST MAKE DOOR RODENT PROOF TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
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Jun 9, 2022
Reinspection
No violations found.
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Jun 1, 2022
Complaint
1 major violation.
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Previous core violation corrected
Inspector notes: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 1-27-2022,REPORT #2547035 #47) 4-201.11: BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF SMALL REACH-IN COOLER UNDER THE COUNTER TOP BY SOUTH WALL AT FRONT PREP AREA. REPAIR ISSUE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
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Jan 27, 2022
License
8 minor violations.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF SMALL REACH-IN COOLER UNDER THE COUNTER TOP BY SOUTH WALL AT FRONT PREP AREA. REPAIR ISSUE.
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Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
Inspector notes: COVER IS NEEDED AT RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: BEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER FRONT COUNTER TOP, INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, AND BEHIND ICE MACHINE.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: CEILING TILES ABOVE THE WALK-IN COOLER ARE NOT COMPLETELY ENCLOSED; REPAIR ISSUE. BROKEN CAULKING AROUND HANDWASHING SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA, REMOVE RESEAL.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: CONTINUOUSLY LEAKING LARGE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE WATER LINE AT MOP SINK REPAIR ISSUE.
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All food employees have food handler training
Inspector notes: ADDITIONAL CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLE IS REQUIRED FOR NEW EMPLOYEE AFTER 30 DAYS OF HIRING DATE
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Miscellaneous / public health orders
Inspector notes: FOUND NO WRITTEN PROTOCOL AVAILABLE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A WRITTEN RECORD DESCRIBING PROTOCOL FOR CHECKING PROOF OF VACCINATION IN PUBLIC PLACES. VIOLATION 2-112-340 NO CITATION ISSUED
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Miscellaneous / public health orders
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO RECORDS RELATING TO EMPLOYEE VACCINATION STATUS AND TESTING AT COVERED LOCATIONS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. VIOLATION 2-112-340 NO CITATION ISSUED
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Aug 31, 2021
Routine
2 minor violations.
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Food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED.(SUGAR,ETC.)MUST PROVIDE.
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All food employees have food handler training
Inspector notes: FOUND FOOD HANDLERS AT PREMISES WITH NO FOODHANDLER CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE.
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Apr 9, 2020
Routine
4 minor violations.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: ICE MACHINE NOT MAINTAINED. INTERIOR PANELS OF UPPER AND ICE BIN OF UNIT IN POOR REPAIRED:BROKEN/CHIPPED.SEALER UNSEALED, GASKET BROKEN MISSING PIECES AND ONE PIECE WAS REPAIRED WITH UNKNOWN YELLOW MATERIAL WHICH BUBBLED UP AND HANGING FROM REPAIRED PIECE INSIDE THE ICE BIN OF THE ICE MACHINE.INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF PANELS ARE RUSTY NOT CLEANABLE SURFACE. NEED TO REPLACE UNIT. BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE REACH-IN DOOR AT FRONT AREA BY THE SOUTH WALL. REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: MECHANICAL DRAIN STOPPERS AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NOT IN WORKING CONDITION. REPAIR CAUSE AND MAINTAIN.MUST BE EASILY TO USE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS UNDER COUNTER AND EQUIPMENT AT FRONT SERVING AREA,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
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All food employees have food handler training
Inspector notes: ADDITIONAL FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE IS NEEDED.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
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Aug 14, 2018
Routine
2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
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Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
Inspector notes: 2-102.14(A)(A) THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
Inspector notes: 2-501.11A THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEE TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO A VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: 3-602.11(D)(D) OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER OF FLOUR NOT PROPERLY LABELED IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST LABLE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: 6-501.12 OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR BEHIND ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: 6-201.11 OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATION VENTS ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINATIN.
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Aug 18, 2017
Routine
3 minor violations.
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* certified food manager on site when potentially hazardous foods are prepared and served
Inspector notes: NOTED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE FROM 8:45AM TO 9:40AM WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS EGG AND CHICKEN SANDWICHES ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
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Food and non-food contact equipment utensils clean, free of abrasive detergents
Inspector notes: NOTED EXTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WITH RESIDUE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN OFF RESIDUE.
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Floors: constructed per code, cleaned, good repair, coving installed, dust-less cleaning methods used
Inspector notes: NOTED FLOORS IN WALK-IN COOLER WITH DEBRIS ON FLOOR.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN FLOORS IN WALK IN COOLER
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86
Sep 9, 2016
Routine
No violations found.
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Dec 23, 2015
License
No violations found.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Dunkin Donuts last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Dunkin Donuts on file is from Aug 27, 2024. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Dunkin Donuts?
Across the inspection record, “physical facilities installed, maintained & clean” has been cited nine times, more than any other issue at Dunkin Donuts.
Has Dunkin Donuts' inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Dunkin Donuts have averaged around four violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Dunkin Donuts means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Dunkin Donuts inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Dunkin Donuts is inspected roughly once per year on average.
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