Frio Gelato

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 22, 2019
• address3721 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Frio Gelato clean?

Frio Gelato is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 22, 2019. 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 Frio Gelato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT POSSESS A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PERSONS IN CHARGE DURING AN INSPECTION MUST HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON THE PREMISES AND NO SUCH PERSON ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS GELATO WAS BEING SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NOT ALL REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT FOUND ON SITE TO ACCOMPANY THE WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE. MUST PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THE WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING FOOD TEMPERATURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • GELATO SCOOPS NOTED IMPROPERLY STORED WITH SCOOPS UP. MUST STORE INVERTED WITH HANDLES UP FOR USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • GELATO SCOOPS NOTED IMPROPERLY STORED WITH SCOOPS UP. MUST STORE INVERTED WITH HANDLES UP FOR USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE REAR TALL REACH-IN FREEZERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACK FLOW PREVENTOR NOT LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED AT THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK. MUST PROVIDE A BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE SERVICE SINK. • NO GREASE TRAP LOCATED AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST INSTALL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • HOLE IN THE WALL BEHIND THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK. MUST SEAL/REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.

When was Frio Gelato last inspected?

Frio Gelato has 5 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2017.

Frio Gelato vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 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 November 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.