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Cynthia's Gumbo Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025
- address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineMobile Food
Is Cynthia's Gumbo Express clean?
Cynthia's Gumbo Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cynthia's Gumbo Express?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cynthia's Gumbo Express last inspected?
Cynthia's Gumbo Express has 13 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2019 | Fail |
Cynthia's Gumbo Express vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.