Berco's Popcorn

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2016
• address810 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Berco's Popcorn clean?

Berco's Popcorn is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Berco's Popcorn?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF CARBOARD PILED ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CARBOARD. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND DARK COLORED STAINS IN THE POPCORN PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY IN THE CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BROKEN, PARTIALLY MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE POPCORN PREP AREA HAND SINK. ALSO OBSERVED LARGE, APPROX. 12 INCH LONG CHUNKS OF CONCRETE FLOORING DETACHED FROM THE BASEMENT FLOOR IN THE CENTER REAR PORTION. THE FLOOR UNDER THE BROKEN CHUNKS IS SOFT AND POROUS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THESE AREAS TO BE SMOOTH, DURABLE, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF CARBOARD PILED ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE BACK DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CARBOARD. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND DARK COLORED STAINS IN THE POPCORN PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY IN THE CORNERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BROKEN, PARTIALLY MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THE POPCORN PREP AREA HAND SINK. ALSO OBSERVED LARGE, APPROX. 12 INCH LONG CHUNKS OF CONCRETE FLOORING DETACHED FROM THE BASEMENT FLOOR IN THE CENTER REAR PORTION. THE FLOOR UNDER THE BROKEN CHUNKS IS SOFT AND POROUS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE FLOOR IN THESE AREAS TO BE SMOOTH, DURABLE, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE WALL ACROSS FROM THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE UNFINISHED ACROSS THE BOTTOM 3 FEET (APPROX.) OF THE WALL. ALSO NOTED THE PAINT PEELING FROM THE WALL BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN A PATCH APPROX. 4 SQ. FT. INSTRUCTED TO FINISH THE WALLS AND MAINTAIN THEM TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE WALL ACROSS FROM THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE UNFINISHED ACROSS THE BOTTOM 3 FEET (APPROX.) OF THE WALL. ALSO NOTED THE PAINT PEELING FROM THE WALL BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN A PATCH APPROX. 4 SQ. FT. INSTRUCTED TO FINISH THE WALLS AND MAINTAIN THEM TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE WASTE PIPING UNDER THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

When was Berco's Popcorn last inspected?

Berco's Popcorn has 4 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2013.

Berco's Popcorn vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 August 11, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.