Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2017
• address1132 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605

Is Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon clean?

Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 15, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090 • FOUND THE PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION FROM REPORT FROM REPORT #1990186 DATED 03/07/2017 NOT CORRECTED AND/OR MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN: 45-FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS NOT MET, INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ILLIN0IS FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. PROOF THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE MET MUST BE PROVIDED AND AVAILABLE FOR THE INSPECTOR'S REVIEW. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND THE BULK INGREDIENT CONTAINERS BY THE ICE MACHINE NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOUND THE BULK INGREDIENT CONTAINERS BY THE ICE MACHINE NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND NO SPLASH GUARD/PARTITIONER FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK (BY THE WALK IN COOLER) TO PREVENT SPLASHING ON TO THE TABLE WHERE AN EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING VEGETABLES IN THE PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A PARTITIONER AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND NO SPLASH GUARD/PARTITIONER FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK (BY THE WALK IN COOLER) TO PREVENT SPLASHING ON TO THE TABLE WHERE AN EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING VEGETABLES IN THE PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A PARTITIONER AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS, OVEN AND CAN OPENER WITH FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH ASHES/SOOT, GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE INTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH ASHES/SOOT, GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND THE WALLS/PIPES BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DIRT, FOOD AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOUND THE WALLS/PIPES BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DIRT, FOOD AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS.

When was Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon last inspected?

Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon has 5 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2015.

Belly Up Smokehouse And Saloon vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.