Belmonte Liquors

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 23, 2016
• address5336 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Belmonte Liquors clean?

Belmonte Liquors is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 23, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Belmonte Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • INADEQUATE REFRIGERATION, NO FACILITIES TO STORE COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT PROPER TEMPERATURE. WALK-IN COOLER CURRENTLY AT 55.0F CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A. COOLER MUST BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOODS AT 40F OR LESS.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK. MUST PROVIDE. FRONT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOF, OPENING TO OUTSIDE ALONG BOTTOM OF DOOR. MUST SEAL OPENING. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • TOILET ROOM SINK CABINET NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN CABINET.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS, CEILING AND LIGHT FIXTURES IN REAR STORAGE AREAS AND TOILET ROOM ARE IN POOR REPAIR AND UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME. ACCUMULATED DUST ON TOILET ROOM VENT COVER. MUST CLEAN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS, CEILING AND LIGHT FIXTURES IN REAR STORAGE AREAS AND TOILET ROOM ARE IN POOR REPAIR AND UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME. ACCUMULATED DUST ON TOILET ROOM VENT COVER. MUST CLEAN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PIPE UNDER TOILET ROOM HAND SINK LEAKS. MUST REPAIR LEAK. VERY LOW COLD WATER PRESSURE AT TOILET ROOM SINK. MUST INCREASE PRESSURE. RESTORE HOT AND COLD WATER PRESSURE TO EXPOSED HAND SINK OR REMOVE (NO COOKING OR PREPARATION OF FOOD/DRINK).
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, OLD EQUIPMENT AND LANDSCAPE WASTE ALONG SIDE OF BUILDING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA.

When was Belmonte Liquors last inspected?

Belmonte Liquors has 1 inspection on record going back to May 23, 2016.

Belmonte Liquors 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 12% 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 May 23, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.