Bemo's Original Drive-In

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2014
• address5000 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Bemo's Original Drive-In clean?

Bemo's Original Drive-In is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bemo's Original Drive-In?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in cooler, and reach in freezer, must properly date food items in cooler, and reach in freezer.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in cooler, and reach in freezer, must properly date food items in cooler, and reach in freezer.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of walk in cooler shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust vents(ventilation) in walk in cooler, cooler not clean need detailed cleaning. exhaust canopy not clean, needs detailed cleaning.

When was Bemo's Original Drive-In last inspected?

Bemo's Original Drive-In has 5 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2011.

Bemo's Original Drive-In vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 14, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.