Buenos Aires Liquor & Deli

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HAND SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD STOCKS 6" OFF THE FLOOR TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  code 39
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES, CHOPPING BOARD,COOLERS MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USES.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CABINETS SHELVINGS UNDERNEATH THE PREP TABLES NEEDS DETAIL CLEANING, ORGANIZING AND SANITIZING.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: UPGRADED TO PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
  code 49
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
  Inspector note: NO HOT RUNNING WATER ON THE HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MOP SINK. WATER TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 52.1F TO 53.6F.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 100 F TEMPERATURE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C).
  code 50
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED ON THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO BE ABLE TO SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: UPGRADED TO PRIORITY FOUNDATION
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2355300 DATED 12/13/19. #49, 4-602.13-DETAIL CLEAN THE SHELVES BELOW THE COUNTER TOP IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. CLEAN THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. #55, 6-501.11- OBSERVED CHIPPED PAINT ON THE WALL OF THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO SCRAPE AND REPAINT THE WALL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 13, 2019: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Belmont Cragin

• ✓! S & L Food & Liquors Inc
  mid · 4958 W Fullerton Ave · inspected April 21, 2020
• ✓ Golden Nugget Pancake House
  clean · 3001 N Central Ave · inspected March 19, 2026
• ? Buy Low Liquor
  cooked · 5206 W Diversey Ave · inspected February 24, 2025
• ? Barrio Fiesta Restaurant
  cooked · 3316 N Central Ave · inspected February 16, 2012
• ✓ La Costa
  cooked · 3119 N Central Ave · inspected October 10, 2017
• ? Grand Marathon
  cooked · 2013 N Laramie Ave · inspected May 31, 2019

See every restaurant in Belmont Cragin →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.