Begin

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 28, 2014
• address3209 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Begin clean?

Begin is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Begin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, reach in freezer, must properly date food items in coolers, and reach in freezer.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found food items not properly dated in coolers, reach in freezer, must properly date food items in coolers, and reach in freezer.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Reach in cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust shall be repaired/replaced. Bsmt storage shelving that had exposed raw wood shall be repaired/sealed.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Reach in cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust shall be repaired/replaced. Bsmt storage shelving that had exposed raw wood shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving/racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices). Prep table lower shelving not clean, needs cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment, not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners). Floors in bsmt storage area not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment, not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners). Floors in bsmt storage area not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls, ceiling that had exposed wallboard/plaster, and gaps shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls, ceiling that had exposed wallboard/plaster, and gaps shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust canopy not clean, had excess grease build up, needs detailed cleaning.

When was Begin last inspected?

Begin has 4 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2013.

Begin vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 April 28, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.