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NUEVO BILLY'S GYROS LLC

7855 S Cottage Grove AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

NUEVO BILLY'S GYROS LLC has been inspected 5 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since March 8, 2021. The most recent inspection, on June 9, 2023, found no infractions.

1 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Protecting food from contamination and Handwashing and staff hygiene.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 5 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on March 22, 2023. For example: NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on March 22, 2023. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on March 14, 2023. For example: PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times on March 14, 2023. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk

    Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.

    Recorded once on March 14, 2023. For example: PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

5 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Complaint Re-Inspection

    9 infractions

    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • 3-307.11 OBSERVED AN OPENED CAN OF CHEESE SAUCE STORED IN THE PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE DEEP FRYING STATION AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING ANY OPEN CAN GOODS IN COLD HOLDING UNITS, INSTEAD USE FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-201.11 OBSERVED THE DOOR ON THE WALK-IN COOLER IN DIS-REPAIR AND UNABLE TO CLOSE OR STAY CLOSED INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-101.17 OSERVED RAW WOOD ALONG THE EDGES OF THE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. AROUND THE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR, RAW WOOD BEING USED AS A LEG FOR HOLDING COOKING EQUIMENT, AND THE SMALL WALL IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WHERE OUTLETS WERE OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD WITH FOOD GRADE PAINT IN ALL SAID AREAS, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASLIY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-602.13 OBSERVE THE INTERIOR OF THE COLD HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID COLD HOLDING UNITS.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(B) OBSERVED THE MICROWAVE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA NOT CLEAN WITH FOOD SPLATTERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID EQUIMENT.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.11 OBSERVED THE DOORKNOB MISSING ON THE EPLOYEE TOILET ROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.114 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE USE OF BROKEN-DOWN CARDBOARD BOXES AND SIGNS ON THE SHELVING UNITS AND THE FLOORS OF THE FACILITY AT IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THE REAR EXIT DOOR, THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA AND THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECCESSARY ITEMS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-201.11 OBSERVED AN OPENING AT THE FLOOR AND WALL AT THE HANDWASHING SINK AND THE PEPSI COOLER AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY SEAL SAID OPENING AND MAINTAIN.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH AN EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION (03/11/2020). INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
  3. Complaint

    15 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
    • 8. HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
      • OBSERVED, POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES; FOOD HANDLER ONLY PUT ON GLOVES WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS AFTER COMING FROM OUTSIDE AND THEN BEGAN TO PREPARE FOODS SUCH AS SANDWICHES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROPERLY WASH HANDS AFTER ANY POSSIBLE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010,CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT ANY OF THE HANDWASHING SINKS ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED
    • 23. PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION
      • OBSERVED READY TO EAT AND COOKED TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (RICE, SLICED DELI MEATS (CORN BEEF, TURKEY,AND HAM)NOT PROPERLY DATED, STORED LONGER THAN 24 HOURS IN THE PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE DEEP FRYING STATION IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH IMPROPER DATE MARKING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING WITH DISPOSITION DATE FOR READY TO EAT FOODS AND COOKED FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24 HOURS IN ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS. ALL FOODS WITHOUT PROPER DATE MARKING HAS BEEN DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. RICE (2LBS), CORN BEEF(2 LBS), HAM (1LB), TURKEY (1LB) AT $40 WERE DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO RPOVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK WITH THE MOST RECENT RECORD OF VISITS, AND A COPY OF THE SERVICE TICKET THAT SETS FORTH PEST CONTROL IDPH LICENSE NUMBER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38.020 (C), CITATION ISSUED.
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 150-200 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY DURING THE INSPECTION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ALONG THE ENTIRE WALL WHERE THE FURNACE IS LOCATE AT THE FRONT AREA OF THE FACILITY, UNDER THE WOODEN PALLET NEXT TO THE FURNACE AREA AT THE FRONT AREA OF THE FACILITY, ON THE FLOOS AND ALONG THE WALLS IN THE DISHWASHING AREA, ON THE SIDES OF THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK, UNDER THE MEAT SLICER EQUIPMENT AND ON THE FLOORS IN THE SAME AREA, ON THE FLOORS IN THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM, ON THE FLOORS NEAR THE MOP SINK AND SHELVING UNITS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, ON THE SHELVING UNITS UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND GRILLING STATION AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA, AND BEHING THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, PEST ACTIVITY, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS PRIOR TO BEING RE-INSPECTED. RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A), CITATION ISSUED.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED AN OPENED CAN OF CHEESE SAUCE STORED IN THE PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE DEEP FRYING STATION AT THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING ANY OPEN CAN GOODS IN COLD HOLDING UNITS, INSTEAD USE FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED THE DOOR ON THE WALK-IN COOLER IN DIS-REPAIR AND UNABLE TO CLOSE OR STAY CLOSED INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OSERVED RAW WOOD ALONG THE EDGES OF THE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. AROUND THE WALK-IN COOLER DOOR, RAW WOOD BEING USED AS A LEG FOR HOLDING COOKING EQUIMENT, AND THE SMALL WALL IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WHERE OUTLETS WERE OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD WITH FOOD GRADE PAINT IN ALL SAID AREAS, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASLIY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVE THE INTERIOR OF THE COLD HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID COLD HOLDING UNITS.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE MICROWAVE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA NOT CLEAN WITH FOOD SPLATTERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID EQUIMENT.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE DOOR KNOB MISSING ON THE EPLOYEE TOILET ROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE USE OF BROKEN DOWN CARD BOARD BOXES AND SIGNS ON THE SHELVING UNITS AND THE FLOORS OF THE FACILITY AT IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THE REAR EXIT DOOR, THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA AND THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECCESSARY ITEMS AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED AN OPENING ATTHE FLOOR AND WALL AT THE HANDWASHING SINK AND THE PEPSI COOLER AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY SEAL SAID AND MAINTAIN.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH AN EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION (03/11/2020). INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
  4. License

    3 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • PREMISES HAS NO PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND/OR DIARRHEA EVENTS AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED OPEN FOODS INSIDE THE FREEZER NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM FREEZER BURN. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FOOD IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN POOR REPAIR THROUGH OUT(BROKEN TILES). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  5. Canvass

    8 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • PREMISES HAS NO PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND/OR DIARRHEA EVENTS AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
    • 36. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE
      • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED OPEN FOODS INSIDE THE FREEZER NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM FREEZER BURN. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FOOD IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN PROPER ELEVATION FOR FOOD ITEMS. MUST BE 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZER TO REMOVE SPILL AND DEBRIS.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN POOR REPAIR THROUGH OUT(BROKEN TILES). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • OBSERVED THE HOOD DIRTY ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • MUST PROVIDE BETTER LIGHTING IN THE DRY GOOD STORAGE AREA.

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