19 East Gallery

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2015
• address19 E 21St St, Chicago 60616
• cuisineCatering

Is 19 East Gallery clean?

19 East Gallery is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 19 East Gallery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVING UNIT IN BASEMENT,MUST APPLY A SEALANT OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNITS IN STORAGE AREAS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVING UNIT IN BASEMENT,MUST APPLY A SEALANT OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNITS IN STORAGE AREAS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN 1- DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN BASEMENT
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM FLOORS UNDER,AROUND ,ALONG WALL BASES IN ALL ELECTRICAL ROOMS,STORAGE ROOMS.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN & DAMAGED FLOOR TILES & CONCRETE FLOOR IN BASEMENT STAGING AREA.PROVIDE FLOOR DRAIN COVERS WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM FLOORS UNDER,AROUND ,ALONG WALL BASES IN ALL ELECTRICAL ROOMS,STORAGE ROOMS.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN & DAMAGED FLOOR TILES & CONCRETE FLOOR IN BASEMENT STAGING AREA.PROVIDE FLOOR DRAIN COVERS WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS AND CEILINGS IN BASEMENT STAGING AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED & MISSING WALL BASES IN BASEMENT STAGING ARE,HOLE IN WALL IN SAME AREA,DAMAGED WALL OUTLET COVERS IN KITCHEN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS AND CEILINGS IN BASEMENT STAGING AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED & MISSING WALL BASES IN BASEMENT STAGING ARE,HOLE IN WALL IN SAME AREA,DAMAGED WALL OUTLET COVERS IN KITCHEN.

When was 19 East Gallery last inspected?

19 East Gallery has 2 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2015.

19 East Gallery vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 October 8, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.