Belly Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 22, 2016
• address1912 N Western Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Belly Shack clean?

Belly Shack is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 22, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Belly Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 22, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS TO BE IMPROPER:- NOODLES 45.1F, BEEF 54.4F, PORK 46.3F,PORK 53.4F.MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 12 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $85.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-005(A)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Personnel With Infections Restricted: No Open Sores, Wounds, Etc • NOTED EMPLOYEE WITH A SORE ON THE FINGER PREPARING FOOD WHILE WEARING ONLY A THUMB GLOVE AND NOT WEARING DOUBLE GLOVES FOR PROTECTION. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR GLOVES IN ADDITION TO THE THUMB GLOVES WHEN PREPARING FOOD. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-010(A)
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN AND INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL HEATING UNIT WITH GREASE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN AND INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL HEATING UNIT WITH GREASE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED DUSTY CEILING AND FANS AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED DUSTY CEILING AND FANS AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED LEAKING FAUCET AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Belly Shack last inspected?

Belly Shack has 6 inspections on record going back to November 26, 2013.

Belly Shack 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 15% 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 March 22, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.