Better Gourmet Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 13, 2019
• address2002 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Better Gourmet Restaurant clean?

Better Gourmet Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Better Gourmet Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND INADEQUATE COLD FOOD TEMPS OF TCS FOODS. FOUND SEVERAL MEATS: CHICKEN, BEEF, FISH BALLS, CRAB, SAUSAGE, HAM, BEEF TRIPE, SQUID, AND SHRIMP ALL AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 43.3F TO 57.2F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL MEATS AT ONCE. MEAT WAS DENATURED. 20LBS VALUE AT $150.00. INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT (FRYER, WOK) TO REMOVE GREASE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT (COOKING, SINKS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS) NEED DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT AND GREASE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REAR SURFACE OF WOK STATION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENT SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEEDS CLEANING; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENT SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEEDS CLEANING; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PIC THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Better Gourmet Restaurant last inspected?

Better Gourmet Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2016.

Better Gourmet Restaurant vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.