Redhot Ranch

2449 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Passed re-check · Sep 16, 2026 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. A failed inspection 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 fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Sep 16, 2026: passed with 2 violations.
  • Passed 5 of 7 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 4 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Sep 16

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Dec 30

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Aug 29

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  7. Failed Aug 22

    Complaint

    7 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display

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