Sideshow Gelato

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 12, 2023
• address4819 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Sideshow Gelato clean?

Sideshow Gelato is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 12, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sideshow Gelato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED REAR HANDWASHING SINK NEAR PREP SINK WITH NO SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD TO PREVENT SPLASH CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED REAR HANDWASHING SINK NEAR PREP SINK WITH NO SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD TO PREVENT SPLASH CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DRAIN PLUGS THAT DO NOT PROPERLY FIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF DRAIN PLUGS THAT FIT.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DRAIN PLUGS THAT DO NOT PROPERLY FIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF DRAIN PLUGS THAT FIT.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED DOORS FOR TOILET ROOMS NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SELF CLOSING TOILET DOORS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED DOORS FOR TOILET ROOMS NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SELF CLOSING TOILET DOORS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SEVERAL MISSING CELING TILES THROUGHOUT FACILITY INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE TILES.

When was Sideshow Gelato last inspected?

Sideshow Gelato has 3 inspections on record going back to April 7, 2023.

Sideshow Gelato vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 May 12, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.