Hot Dog Joint In Lincoln Park Ordered Closed By Health Inspectors

CHICAGO, IL — Dozens of Chicago restaurants and grocery stores are slapped with fines for health violations each week, but it takes a serious violation for a restaurant to be ordered closed, the city said. A hot dog joint in the Lincoln Park neighborhood was ordered closed last week after a major plumbing issue was discovered, the city said.

World Famous Dog Joint at 350 W. Armitage Ave. was ordered shuttered Nov. 7 after health inspectors found sewage waste water backing up from floor drains in the food storage area, dish washing area, service sink and underneath a toilet in the restaurant's washroom, the city said.

Health inspectors also found some live flies in the dish washing area, and a black and brown "slime substance" in the self-serve ice machine, the city said.

It wasn't immediately clear when the hot dog spot would re-open.

The World Famous Dog Joint has had at least nine failed health inspections since 2012, according to the city's Food Inspections Data Portal.

Information on which Chicago restaurants and grocery stores have been ordered closed is not available on the city's data portal. The city's public health department has committed to sending Patch weekly reports, and we will publish those as long as they are made available.

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