Bittersweet

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 7, 2026
• address1114 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
• cuisineBakery

Is Bittersweet clean?

Bittersweet is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bittersweet?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E): **C** Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: **C** Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination BROKEN AND EXPOSED INSULATION HANGING FROM AIR CONDITION CONDENSER TUBE AT SOUTH PREP AREA, ABOVE PREP TABLE. REPAIR ISSUE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL • 3-305.11: **C** Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises FOOD CONTAINERS ARE STORED ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZERS. MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: **C** Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination BROKEN AND EXPOSED INSULATION HANGING FROM AIR CONDITION CONDENSER TUBE AT SOUTH PREP AREA, ABOVE PREP TABLE. REPAIR ISSUE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL • 3-305.11: **C** Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises FOOD CONTAINERS ARE STORED ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZERS. MUST PROVIDE PROPER, RAISED SHELVING TO STORE FOOD CONTAINERS 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): (C) NonFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES of EQUIPMENT shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, FOOD residue, and other debris. OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12: **C** Backflow Prevention Device, Location (NO BACKFLOW DEVICE) OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON THE UTILITY SINK IN REAR STAFF TOILET ROOM INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO ENSURE DEVICE CAN BE LOCATED, SERVICED, AND MAINTAINED. • 5-205.15: **C** System Maintained in Good Repair (In Good Repair) OBSERVED HANDSINK IN REAR PREP OUTSIDE OF WALK IN FREEZER LEAKING FROM DRAINPIPES, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: **C** Toilet Room Receptacles, Covered OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM IN REAR. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17: **C** Toilet Room Receptacles, Covered OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM IN REAR. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN

When was Bittersweet last inspected?

Bittersweet has 24 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bittersweet vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.