Neon Gardens

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2024
• address2574-2580 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Neon Gardens clean?

Neon Gardens is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 17, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Neon Gardens?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E)// NOTED TOP INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE TRAY IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 4-901.12// OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS ON SEVERAL PREP SURFACE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.12: **C** Cutting Surfaces NOTED CUTTING BOARDS IN PREP AREA/ PIZZA STATION WITH DEEP CUTS AND BLACK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND RESTORE TO A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C)// NOTED RUSTED LID TO GREASE TRAP UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN PIZZA PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH AND SEAL WITH PAINT AND SEALANT, RESTORING A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11// NOTED HOLE IN CEILING ABOVE REAR KITCHEN FRYER AND BROKEN/UNEVEN FLOORING IN HALL IN DISHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, RESTORING A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13// OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13// OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.

When was Neon Gardens last inspected?

Neon Gardens has 10 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2015.

Neon Gardens vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.