Cooked?
La Gondola
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2013
- address1258 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
Is La Gondola clean?
La Gondola is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 30, 2013. 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 La Gondola?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Exhaust hood, filters, Meat slicer, depp fryer cabinets and ice machine not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
When was La Gondola last inspected?
La Gondola has 9 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| October 30, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 7, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 26, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2011 | Fail | |
| February 15, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 24, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2010 | Fail |
La Gondola 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.
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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 October 30, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.