Dos Gringos

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2010
• address3438 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is Dos Gringos clean?

Dos Gringos is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 26, 2010. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Dos Gringos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. REMOVE CARDBOARD FROM THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND INTERIOR OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. REPLACE TORN DOOR GASKETS FROM DOORS OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. COLD PLATE INSIDE OF ICE BIN COMES INTO CONTACT FOR ICE USED FOR CUSTOMER'S DRINKS. MUST REPLACE ICE BIN OR REMOVE COLD PLATE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. REMOVE CARDBOARD FROM THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND INTERIOR OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. REPLACE TORN DOOR GASKETS FROM DOORS OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. COLD PLATE INSIDE OF ICE BIN COMES INTO CONTACT FOR ICE USED FOR CUSTOMER'S DRINKS. MUST REPLACE ICE BIN OR REMOVE COLD PLATE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST REGROUT FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA AND UNDER THE BAR WHERE STANDING WATER IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST REGROUT FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA AND UNDER THE BAR WHERE STANDING WATER IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DETAIL CLEAN CEILING TILES IN THE PREP AREA AND REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES. REPLACE THE BROKEN WALL TILES AT THE CORNER OF THE PREP AREA LEADING TO THE BASEMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. DETAIL CLEAN CEILING TILES IN THE PREP AREA AND REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES. REPLACE THE BROKEN WALL TILES AT THE CORNER OF THE PREP AREA LEADING TO THE BASEMENT.
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 2 SINK STOPPERS ARE MISSING AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. A METAL STEM THERMOMETER IS NEEDED TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. A METAL STEM THERMOMETER IS NEEDED TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Dos Gringos last inspected?

Dos Gringos has 4 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2010.

Dos Gringos vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 26, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.