Gateway News Stand

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 8, 2010
• address312 S State St, Chicago 60604
• cuisineNewsstand

Is Gateway News Stand clean?

Gateway News Stand is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 8, 2010. 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 Gateway News Stand?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • FOUND A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each Serious violation that is not corrected upon re-inspection by the health authority. FOUND EVIDENCE OF MICE AT PREMISES. FOUND MICE DROPPINGS ALONG WALLS THROUGHOUT AND ON SHELVES. (APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 100 DROPPINGS) CRITIAL VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • FOUND A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each Serious violation that is not corrected upon re-inspection by the health authority. FOUND EVIDENCE OF MICE AT PREMISES. FOUND MICE DROPPINGS ALONG WALLS THROUGHOUT AND ON SHELVES. (APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 100 DROPPINGS) CRITIAL VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN AND SANITIZE SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND EXPOSED HAND SINK SLOW DRAINING.

When was Gateway News Stand last inspected?

Gateway News Stand has 3 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2010.

Gateway News Stand vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.