Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2016
• address5835 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago 60637

Is Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall clean?

Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • REFRIGERATED FOOD STORAGE FACILITIES AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED THE PREP COOLER AT 48 DEGREES F. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 2LBS OF TUNA SALAD AT 46.5 DEGREES F, 3LBS OF CHICKEN SALAD AT 46.5 DEGREES F, 1LB OF VARIOUS LETTUCE AT 47 DEGREES F, 12 LBS OF VARIOUS DELI MEATS AT 45-47.5 DEGREES F, 4LBS OF CHEESE AT 49 DEGREES F AND 1LB OF SLICED TOMATOES AT 46 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW OR 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET AT THE THREE COPARTMENT SINK AND REMOVE FOUL ODORS COMING FROM THE GREASE TRAP WHEN WATER DRAINED FROM SINK BASIN.

When was Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall last inspected?

Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall has 7 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2012.

Gargoyle Cafe/Stuart Hall vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 March 10, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.