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Galvin's Public House
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 1, 2022
- address5901 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630
Is Galvin's Public House clean?
Galvin's Public House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 1, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Galvin's Public House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 1, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK IN THE BAR AREA.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF 3 COMPARTMENT BAR SINK (FAR RIGHT) BEHIND THE BAR.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SLOW DRAINING HANDSINK BEHIND THE BAR.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN BASEMENT STORAGE AND BEHIND BAR AREA.
When was Galvin's Public House last inspected?
Galvin's Public House has 22 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| October 30, 2023 | — | |
| November 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2022 | — | |
| March 29, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 10, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2015 | Pass |
Galvin's Public House vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 1, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.