The Cupcake Gallery

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2010
• address1319 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640

Is The Cupcake Gallery clean?

The Cupcake Gallery is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 8, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at The Cupcake Gallery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. A REFRIGERATION UNIT IS NEEDED WITH A WORKING THERMOMETER(40F AND BELOW,TO STORE CUP CAKES).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PROVIDE LABEL FOR FOOD INFORMATION (INGREDIENTS)IN EACH FOOD PRODUCTS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. MUST PROVIDE LABEL FOR FOOD INFORMATION (INGREDIENTS)IN EACH FOOD PRODUCTS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. ALL SHELVES IN THE TRUCK MUST BE DETAIL CLEANED, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.SHELVES CAN NOT BE BENDED , BROKEN AND WITH HOLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOOR MUST BE CLEANED AND COMPLETELY SEALED,THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK,REMOVE GRIMES FROM FLOORS,ALONG THE WALLS AND CORNERS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOOR MUST BE CLEANED AND COMPLETELY SEALED,THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK,REMOVE GRIMES FROM FLOORS,ALONG THE WALLS AND CORNERS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS MUST BE CLEANED,WITH SMOOTH SURFACE AND NON ABSORBENT MATERIAL.ALSO MUST SEAL ALL HOLES ON WALLS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS MUST BE CLEANED,WITH SMOOTH SURFACE AND NON ABSORBENT MATERIAL.ALSO MUST SEAL ALL HOLES ON WALLS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD AT LIGHT INSIDE THE TRUCK,STORAGE /SERVING SPACE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. NO COLD WATER PROVIDED IN PORTABLE SINK.NO EXPOSED HAND SINK,NO RETENTION DISPOSABLE WATER TANK.MUST HAVE A STATIONARY EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER WITH SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS,ALSO A WATER RETENTION TANK FOR PROPER WATER DISPOSAL.

When was The Cupcake Gallery last inspected?

The Cupcake Gallery has 4 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2010.

The Cupcake Gallery vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.