Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2021 →
• address5549 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe clean?

Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 17, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public

When was Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe last inspected?

Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2013.

Samantha's Restaurant & Cafe vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 74% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 247 clean, 73 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 17, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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