Gourmet 45

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2020
• address350 N Orleans St, Chicago 60654

Is Gourmet 45 clean?

Gourmet 45 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 21, 2020. 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 Gourmet 45?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASH SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINKS LOCATED IN COFFEE BAR AND GRILL AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS IN KITCHEN PREP AREA AND THROUGHOUT SALAD BAR STATION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH, CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD 2 FOOD HANDLERS WORKING WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD 2 FOOD HANDLERS WORKING WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED 2 EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING A CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Gourmet 45 last inspected?

Gourmet 45 has 6 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2018.

Gourmet 45 vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North 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 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.