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Gaudi Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 12, 2016
- address1147 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Gaudi Cafe clean?
Gaudi Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 12, 2016. 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 Gaudi Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND THE INTERIOR PANEL ON THE ICE MACHINE WITH RUST. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST. MAINTAIN SAME. FOUND THE WASHBOWL IN THE WOMENS TOILET ROOM AND THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK BY THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA IN NEED OF RECAULKING. INSTRUCTED TO RECAULK AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND THE INTERIOR PANEL ON THE ICE MACHINE WITH RUST. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST. MAINTAIN SAME. FOUND THE WASHBOWL IN THE WOMENS TOILET ROOM AND THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK BY THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA IN NEED OF RECAULKING. INSTRUCTED TO RECAULK AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE SHELVES, THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE, DEEP FRYER AND CAN OPENER IN THE PREP AREA.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AND BASEMENT AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDER THE TALL REACH IN COOLER (ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT) IN THE PREP AREA. MAINTAIN SAME.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AND BASEMENT AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDER THE TALL REACH IN COOLER (ACROSS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT) IN THE PREP AREA. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE VENTS IN THE TOILET ROOMS AND THE WALLS BEHIND/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE VENTS IN THE TOILET ROOMS AND THE WALLS BEHIND/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • FOUND THE LIGHTS IN THE PREP AREA ABOVE THE PREP COOLERS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO FIX/PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING TO THAT AREA AND MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND A LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDER THE WASHBOWL IN THE WOMENS TOILET ROOM AND AT THE ELBOW OF THE FAUCET ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO FIX LEAKS. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • FOUND THE ICE SCOOP IN THE PREP AND BAR AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN BIN OR IN THE ICE HANDLES UP SO AS TO NOT TOUCH THE ICE WITH BARE HANDS.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • FOUND THE ICE SCOOP IN THE PREP AND BAR AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN BIN OR IN THE ICE HANDLES UP SO AS TO NOT TOUCH THE ICE WITH BARE HANDS.
When was Gaudi Cafe last inspected?
Gaudi Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| January 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2014 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2014 | Fail |
Gaudi Cafe vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 January 12, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.