Urban Belly

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 7, 2013
• address3053 N California Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Urban Belly clean?

Urban Belly is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 7, 2013. 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 Urban Belly?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PREP COOLER SUCH AS S SCALLOP AT 48.7F, PORK AT 59.0F -60.0F, RICE AT 60.8F, CHICKEN AT 47.3F. NO TIME/TEMPERATURE LOG AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE THE PREP COOLER MUST MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40.0F OR BELOW. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-005(A). MANAGER DISCARDED THE SAID PROPER WORTH 40.00,TOTAL 17 LBS. PREP COOLER TEMPERATURE AT 38.0F.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND HAND WASHING FACILITY NOT ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT TO PREP FOOD EMPLOYEES. BIG GARBAGE CAN IN FRONT OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT EXPOSED HAND SINK MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT TO ALL PREP FOOD EMPLOYEES. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-030. MANAGER REMOVED THE GARBAGE CAN.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MISSING LABEL/DATE ON ALL READY TO COOK AND READY TO EAT FOODS IN A CONTAINERS INSIDE THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER AND PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATED ALL FOOD CONTAINERS. ALSO LABEL ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS .
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MISSING LABEL/DATE ON ALL READY TO COOK AND READY TO EAT FOODS IN A CONTAINERS INSIDE THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER AND PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATED ALL FOOD CONTAINERS. ALSO LABEL ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS .
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CAULKING AROUND THE MOP SINK, EXPOSED HAND SINK, AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WORN OUT. INSTRUCTED TO RE CAULK AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MOP SINK BEING USED AS A STORAGE(WITH CHOPPING BOARD ON TOP AND SMALL HOT HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT MOP SINK IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A STORAGE PLACE FOR THE CHOPPING BOARD AND SMALL HOT HOLDING UNIT.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CAULKING AROUND THE MOP SINK, EXPOSED HAND SINK, AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WORN OUT. INSTRUCTED TO RE CAULK AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MOP SINK BEING USED AS A STORAGE(WITH CHOPPING BOARD ON TOP AND SMALL HOT HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT MOP SINK IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A STORAGE PLACE FOR THE CHOPPING BOARD AND SMALL HOT HOLDING UNIT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENT INSIDE THE WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • VENT INSIDE THE WASHROOM WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATED. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE ALL PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR CORNER CLOSE TO THE EXIT DOOR. PROVIDE RAISED SHELVING TO STORE ALL CONTAINERS 6" OFF THE FLOOR.

When was Urban Belly last inspected?

Urban Belly has 4 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2010.

Urban Belly 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 August 7, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.