Black Dog Gelato

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2021
• address1012 W Lake St, Chicago 60607

Is Black Dog Gelato clean?

Black Dog Gelato is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Black Dog Gelato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE GELATO PINTS STORED ON FLOOR IN FRONT STORAGE CLOSET. MUST ELEVATE BOXES OFF FLOOR.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE GELATO PINTS STORED ON FLOOR IN FRONT STORAGE CLOSET. MUST ELEVATE BOXES OFF FLOOR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND ICE BUILDUP INSIDE 2-DOOR BLAST FREEZER. MUST DEFROST AND REMOVE ICE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN WITH LID) INSIDE UNISEX RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN WITH LID) INSIDE UNISEX RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

When was Black Dog Gelato last inspected?

Black Dog Gelato has 3 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2019.

Black Dog Gelato vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West 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 July 23, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.