Amstar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 18, 2019
• address5035-5051 W Division St, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Amstar clean?

Amstar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 18, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Amstar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 18, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • **PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • **PREMISES HAS NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • **PREMISES HAS NO EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATION WILL FOLLOW. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN WITH HOT AND COLD WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C).
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES WHEN NOT IN USE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN THE FRONT PREP STATION, INSIDE POP COOLER, REACH IN FREEZER, AND SHELVING INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER TO REMOVE SPILL, LITTER AND DEBRIS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NOTED LEAKS AT THE BASE OF THE FAUCET OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED THE FRONT WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A SELF CLOSING DEVICE.(PREP AREA).
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NOTED THE FRONT WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A SELF CLOSING DEVICE.(PREP AREA).
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGH OUT PREMISES TO REMOVE SPILLS, LITTER AND DEBRIS. • INSTRCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND ORGANIZE CLUTTER THROUGH REAR STORAGE AREA AND UNUSED KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE STOCK 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WAY FOR CLEAN AND PEST MONITORING.

When was Amstar last inspected?

Amstar has 9 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2014.

Amstar vs Austin

Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.

Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 January 18, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.