Gonzalez Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2011
• address4918 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60641

Is Gonzalez Restaurant clean?

Gonzalez Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gonzalez Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. CHOPPING BOARD NOT CLEAN,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; VENT COVER IN REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. CHOPPING BOARD NOT CLEAN,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN; VENT COVER IN REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. SHELVES UNDER COOLER,UNDER GRILL,IN REAR PREP UNCLEAN,MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN,MUST REMOVE FOIL
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN PREP AREA AND STORAGE ROOM,MUST BE REPLACED; FLOOR IN KITCHEN UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN PREP AREA AND STORAGE ROOM,MUST BE REPLACED; FLOOR IN KITCHEN UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CEILING TILES IN REAR KITCHEN AND REAR STORAGE AREA NOT CLEAN,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND ; WALLS OPPOSITE 1ST COOLER UNCLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CEILING TILES IN REAR KITCHEN AND REAR STORAGE AREA NOT CLEAN,MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND ; WALLS OPPOSITE 1ST COOLER UNCLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. LIGHT FIXTURES IN REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Gonzalez Restaurant last inspected?

Gonzalez Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2011.

Gonzalez Restaurant 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 37% 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 December 19, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.