New Buffet Castle

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 3, 2019
• address3326 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60618

Is New Buffet Castle clean?

New Buffet Castle is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 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 New Buffet Castle?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 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. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED REFRIGERATED TCS FOODS WITHOUT SELL BY DATES ON LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOOD, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS MUST HAVE SELL BY DATES ON LABELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • FOUND ESTABLISHMENT WITH SUSHI RICE LAB TESTED ON 05/2013. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST UPDATE SUSHI RICE, LAB RESULTS MUST INCLUDE pH and WATER ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO ADEQUATE METAL STEM FOOD THERMOMETER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND CALIBRATE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT STORING KNIVES/MEAT CLEAVERS BETWEEN PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE KNIFE RACKS/CLEAN CONTAINERS FOR KNIVES AND CLEAVERS.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT STORING KNIVES/MEAT CLEAVERS BETWEEN PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE KNIFE RACKS/CLEAN CONTAINERS FOR KNIVES AND CLEAVERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS/LIQUID BUILD UP INSIDE ALL PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS AND AROUND DOOR HINDGES AT SAID REACH IN COOLERS. MUST CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE WATER LINE. MUST PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR ICE MACHINE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.

When was New Buffet Castle last inspected?

New Buffet Castle has 28 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

New Buffet Castle vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.