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Gio's Sports Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 11, 2024
- address4857 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Gio's Sports Bar clean?
Gio's Sports Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2024. 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 Gio's Sports Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14--OBSERVED MISSING HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT BAR AND BASEMENT PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.17--INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES NEAR THE HANDWASHING SINK IN KITCHEN PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
When was Gio's Sports Bar last inspected?
Gio's Sports Bar has 26 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2024 | — | |
| December 22, 2023 | — | |
| October 26, 2022 | — | |
| November 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 13, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2020 | Fail |
Gio's Sports Bar vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 June 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.