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The Gallery Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2025
- address1760 W North Ave, Chicago 60622
Is The Gallery Cafe clean?
The Gallery Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Gallery Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • : 6-202.15 : OBSERVED A GAP IN LEFT CORNER OF FRONT DOOR MUST MAKE TIGHT FITTING TO PREVENT INSECT ENTRY.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 : OBSERVED SEVERAL PLASTIC BUCKETS WITH ROASTED COFFEE BEANS ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA MUST ELEVATE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 : OBSERVED SEVERAL PLASTIC BUCKETS WITH ROASTED COFFEE BEANS ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA MUST ELEVATE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) : MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM PREP TABLES,REACH IN COOLERS,PREP COOLERS,INTERIOR LEDGE OF ICE MACHINE.MUST DEFROST ICE BUILD UP FROM ALL CHEST FREEZER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 : MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. • 6-501.13 : MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES. • : 6-201.13 : MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE CAULKING ALONG WALL BASES IN PREP/DISH WASHING AREA TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.MUST SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN CEILINGS IN BASEMENT.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 : OBSERVED MISSING AND EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 : OBSERVED MISSING AND EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Gallery Cafe last inspected?
The Gallery Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2018 | Pass |
The Gallery Cafe vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.