Goose Island Wrigleyville is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 25, 2015. 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 Goose Island Wrigleyville?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE USING A PLATE AS A SCOOP TO SERVE POTATO CHIPS ON THE FOOD LINE. INSTRUCTED TO USE A HANDLED SCOOP WITH THE HANDLE STORED OUT OF THE FOOD OR IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER TO AVOID INDIRECT HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE USING A PLATE AS A SCOOP TO SERVE POTATO CHIPS ON THE FOOD LINE. INSTRUCTED TO USE A HANDLED SCOOP WITH THE HANDLE STORED OUT OF THE FOOD OR IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER TO AVOID INDIRECT HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST ON THE CEILING TILES AND CEILING VENT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE PREP AREA WHERE COOKED DISHES ARE PLACED AFTER BEING PLATED PRIOR TO WAITER/WAITRESS DELIVERING ITEMS TO TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST ON THE CEILING TILES AND CEILING VENT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE PREP AREA WHERE COOKED DISHES ARE PLACED AFTER BEING PLATED PRIOR TO WAITER/WAITRESS DELIVERING ITEMS TO TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Goose Island Wrigleyville last inspected?
Goose Island Wrigleyville has 7 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2010.
date
result
score
June 2, 2016
closed by the city
September 25, 2015
Pass
August 20, 2014
Pass w/ Conditions
October 29, 2013
Pass
October 17, 2013
Fail
November 2, 2010
Pass
October 26, 2010
Fail
Goose Island Wrigleyville vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 September 25, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.