Best Choice Meats, Inc

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2016
• address9229 S Baltimore Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineWholesale

Is Best Choice Meats, Inc clean?

Best Choice Meats, Inc is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Best Choice Meats, Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow • OBSERVED RAW SEWAGE AND WASTE WATER BACKING UP THROUGH FLOOR DRAINS IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALL PLUMBER TO REPAIR, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER AT EXPOSED SINK IN MEAT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HOT WATER FOR PROPER HAND WASHING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL SINKS, PREP TABLES, AND STORAGE SHELVES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN BASEMENT, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. FLOORS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE IN PREP AND BASEMENT AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN BASEMENT, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. FLOORS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE IN PREP AND BASEMENT AREAS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING IN POOR REPAIR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS AND CEILINGS IN BASEMENT, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. SEAL ALL OPENINGS ALONG WINDOWS IN BASEMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING IN POOR REPAIR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS AND CEILINGS IN BASEMENT, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. SEAL ALL OPENINGS ALONG WINDOWS IN BASEMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PROVIDE VENTILATION IN ALL WASHROOMS. REPAIR PLUMBING STACK IN BASEMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES IN STORAGE AREAS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Best Choice Meats, Inc last inspected?

Best Choice Meats, Inc has 1 inspection on record going back to January 6, 2016.

Best Choice Meats, Inc vs Calumet Heights

Calumet Heights runs 73% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 28 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Calumet Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.