Gallery Food Express

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 18, 2018
• address10701 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60628
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Gallery Food Express clean?

Gallery Food Express is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 18, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Gallery Food Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED ( PIC ) TO PROVIDE POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP FOR EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO DATE MARKINGS ON TCS FOOD ITEMS HELD LONGER THAN 24 HOURS (DELI MEATS)INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used
  Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL IN FACILITY. 2 LIVE ROACHES NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, FIVE LIVE LARGE FLIES IN STORAGE AREA, ON BOXES AND ON THE CEILINGS , AND 40 RAT DROPPINGS IN BASEMENT STROAGE AREA AND AROUND THE HOT WATER HEATER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND MAINTAIN, CONTACT PEST CONTROL PROFESSIONAL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020(A)
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS HEAVILY SOILED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BUTCHER BLOCK IN REAR MEAT PROCESSING ROOM NOT MAINTAINED,OR SEALED.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,RESURFACE AND MAINTAIN. NOTED WHITE CUTTING BOARDS NOT CLEANED OR SANITIZED. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND REPLACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED MEAT SAW IN REAR MEAT PROCESSING ROOM HEAVILY SOILED WITH GREASE AND MEAT RESIDUE.EQUIPMENT SHALL BE KEPT FREE OF DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFTER EACH USE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING AND SOILED CEILING TILES IN FRONT PREP, REAR PREP AND DISHWASHING AREA. OBSERVED HOLES IN CEILINGS NEAR FRONT OFFICE AND STORAGE AREA NEAR DISHWASHING FACILITIES. MUST REPAIR AND REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILES. • OBSERVED COOLERS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, HANDSINK, ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT ON PREMISES, SHELVING UNITS AND DISH RACKS,ALSO TOILET BOWL SEAT, AND HANDSINK IN TOILET ROOM WITH ACCUMULATED DUST AND DIRT BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED TOILET SEAT UNATTACHED AND IN POOR REPAIR IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN • OBSERVED FLOORS NOT CLEANED WITH HEAVY DIRT BUILDUP THRUOUT REAR STORAGE AREA, REAR MEAT PROCESSING AREA, WALK IN COOLER, UNDERNEATH CHIP RACKS AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. INTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED TOILET ROOM,DISHWASHING AREA, AND REAR MEAT PROCESSING ROOM WITH STUCK FOOD DEBRIS THRUOUT LOWER WALLS, SOILED UNCLEANED WALLS NEAR FOOD EQUIPMENT AND DIRT BUILDUP.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.

When was Gallery Food Express last inspected?

Gallery Food Express has 13 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Gallery Food Express vs Roseland

Roseland runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 54 mid, 68 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 December 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.