Antojitos Guatemaltecos

5536 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

Pass · Mar 4, 2025 Directions
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Good BiteKarma score 81 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. An inspection where the health department closed the kitchen counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a closure unless the restaurant is inspected again and reopens. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • No follow-up needed at 2 of 3 inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Mar 4, 2025: Pass, 4 violations. That was a follow-up after an inspection that required one on Feb 25, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Pass Mar 4

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  3. Fail Feb 25

    Canvass · Follow-up required

    10 violations
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Proper date marking and disposition
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
  4. 2024
  5. Pass w/ Conditions Mar 28

    License

    7 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned

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