Lexington Betty Smokehouse

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2019
• address6954 W North Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Lexington Betty Smokehouse clean?

Lexington Betty Smokehouse is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 11, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Lexington Betty Smokehouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUST ON THE WIRE STORAGE RACKS AND BOTTOM OF THE 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAINT OR REPLACE THE STORAGE RACKS AND REPAINT THE BOTTOM OF THE REFRIGERATOR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE PREP TABLES AND PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE GRILL AREA.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM ADJACENT TO THE REAR PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM ADJACENT TO THE REAR PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT A LIGHT SHIELD. MUST INSTALL WHERE NEEDED.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA WITHOUT A LIGHT SHIELD. MUST INSTALL WHERE NEEDED.

When was Lexington Betty Smokehouse last inspected?

Lexington Betty Smokehouse has 3 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2019.

Lexington Betty Smokehouse vs Montclare

Montclare runs 35% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 35 mid, 192 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 11, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.