Best Southtown Gyros

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2023
• address240 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Best Southtown Gyros clean?

Best Southtown Gyros is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 16, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Best Southtown Gyros?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AT TIME OF INSPECTION AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES AND BOTTOM AREA OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE, CLEAN TOP OF PREP TABLES WHERE NEEDED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE CEILING IN THE WASHROOM BY THE LIGHT FIXTURE TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND ALSO CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.

When was Best Southtown Gyros last inspected?

Best Southtown Gyros has 3 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2021.

Best Southtown Gyros vs Douglas

Douglas runs 69% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 24 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 16, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.