Philly's Best

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2024
• address907 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Philly's Best clean?

Philly's Best is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 16, 2024. 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 Philly's Best?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 - OBSERVED FOOD BOXES, BAGS OF ONIONS, AND CANNED GOODS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK IN FREEZER, WALK IN COOLER, AND IN THE BASEMENT DRY GOODS STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE AND STORE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 - OBSERVED FOOD BOXES, BAGS OF ONIONS, AND CANNED GOODS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK IN FREEZER, WALK IN COOLER, AND IN THE BASEMENT DRY GOODS STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE AND STORE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 - OBSERVED GASKETS OF 2 DOOR PEPSI COOLER TO BE TORN AND DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE TORN GASKETS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) - OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILD UP ON THE SIDES AND FRONT OF THE 4 BURNER STOVE AND BOTH FRYERS LOCATED NEXT TO LARGE PIZZA OVEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREAS FREE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 - OBSERVED NO TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH LID IN THE EMPLOYEE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH LID.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 - OBSERVED NO TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH LID IN THE EMPLOYEE BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH LID.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 - OBSERVED PREPARATION COOLER AND 4 DRAWER REACH IN COOLER NEAR DISH WASHING AREA TO BE OFF AND NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE PREPARATION COOLER AND 4 DRAWER REACH IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN PREMISES WITH ITEMS NECESSARY TO ITS OPERATION. • 6-501.12 - OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP UNDER SHELVES AND ALONG WALLS NEAR REAR EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION TRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED EACH CERTIFIED MANAGER TO OBTAIN A VALID ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING.

When was Philly's Best last inspected?

Philly's Best has 30 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Philly's Best 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 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 July 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.