Gordo's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2019
• address729 S Dearborn St, Chicago 60605

Is Gordo's clean?

Gordo's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 27, 2019. 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 Gordo's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-2102.14(N) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND SIGNATURES FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY IN PLACE AND KIT (GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS, SANITIZER) ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HAND SINK IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM WATER FLOW ACTIVATION NOT HOLDING FOR 20 SECONDS OR LONGER WITHOUT REACTIVATION. MUST REPAIR FOR REQUIRED WATER FLOW TIME AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BARE WOOD AND DRYWALL ALONG STAIRS AND HALLWAY LEADING TO BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. FOOD PREP AREA SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH, NON POROUS, EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL/ PAINT FOR SMOOTH,NON POROUS, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.

When was Gordo's last inspected?

Gordo's has 4 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2017.

Gordo's 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 February 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.