Gadabout

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 2, 2021
• address5212-5214 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Gadabout clean?

Gadabout is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 2, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Gadabout?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • OBSERVED HOT RUNNING WATER THROUGHOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND IMPROPER HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINK BAR AREA 87.8F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP REAR AT 78.3 TO 90F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 1-COMPARTMENT SINK FOUND AT 78.2F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FOUND AT 87.3 TO 91.6F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HAND SINK IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM FOUND AT 78.5 TO 87F AND HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HAND SINK IN MEN'S BATHROOM FOUND AT 85.3F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINKS MUST BE AT A MINIMUM OF 100.0F OR HIGHER(NO MORE THAN 120F) THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET. HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE AT LEAST 110.0F PROPERLY TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT. THE PLUMBER ARRIVED ON-SITE (AT 1:15 PM)AND, BY 2:20 PM, RESOLVED THE ISSUE WITH HOT WATER. TESTED HOT WATER AGAIN, AND ALL SINKS WERE REACHING PROPER TEMPERATURE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • OBSERVED HOT RUNNING WATER THROUGHOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND IMPROPER HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINK BAR AREA 87.8F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP REAR AT 78.3 TO 90F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 1-COMPARTMENT SINK FOUND AT 78.2F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FOUND AT 87.3 TO 91.6F, HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HAND SINK IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM FOUND AT 78.5 TO 87F AND HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HAND SINK IN MEN'S BATHROOM FOUND AT 85.3F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT HANDWASHING SINKS MUST BE AT A MINIMUM OF 100.0F OR HIGHER(NO MORE THAN 120F) THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET. HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE AT LEAST 110.0F PROPERLY TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT. THE PLUMBER ARRIVED ON-SITE (AT 1:15 PM)AND, BY 2:20 PM, RESOLVED THE ISSUE WITH HOT WATER. TESTED HOT WATER AGAIN, AND ALL SINKS WERE REACHING PROPER TEMPERATURE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • GREASE ON TOP WASTE OIL CONTAINER AT OUTSIDE AREA.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • GREASE ON TOP WASTE OIL CONTAINER AT OUTSIDE AREA.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • REPAIRED CEILING WALL AT BASEMENT PREP AREA NOT EASILY CLEANABLE, PAINT. THE SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. GRIMES ON FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SIN, MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Gadabout last inspected?

Gadabout has 15 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Gadabout vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

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• ✓ Truenorth
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• ✕ La Mariposa Michoacana
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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 2, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.