The Gallery Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2017
• address1760 W North Ave, Chicago 60622

Is The Gallery Cafe clean?

The Gallery Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2017. 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 Gallery Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • INADEQUATE NUMBER OF TOILET FACILITIES ON PREMISES: FACILITY CURRENTLY HAS ONE UNISEX BATHROOM FOR MEN/WOMEN. MUST INSTALL A SEPARATE WASHROOM FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN ORDER TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON PREMISES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST THE MINI REFRIGERATOR BEHIND THE COUNTER IN THE FRONT PREP TO REMOVE HEAVY FROST BUILDUP FROM THE FREEZER. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE COB-WEBS AND DUST BUILDUP UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST THE MINI REFRIGERATOR BEHIND THE COUNTER IN THE FRONT PREP TO REMOVE HEAVY FROST BUILDUP FROM THE FREEZER. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE COB-WEBS AND DUST BUILDUP UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PRODUCE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER COMBO IN THE BASEMENT TO REMOVE FOOD AND LIQUID BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DUST DEBRIS BUILDUP FROM THE CEILING VENT IN THE EMPLOYEE/CUSTOMER BATHROOM AND SECURE THE FAN VENT COVER TO THE CEILING.

When was The Gallery Cafe last inspected?

The Gallery Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to January 5, 2017.

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 6% 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 January 5, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.