The Gallery Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 22, 2016
• 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 April 22, 2016. 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 April 22, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • UNFINISHED WOOD SHELVES UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER ARE POROUS,NOT CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL OR PAINT SHELVES. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT SEALED TO CABINET BASE WATER SEEPING FROM NOT SEALED AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR CAUSE. BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF BLACK SMALL COOLER AND AT WHITE SMALL FREEZER BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • UNFINISHED WOOD SHELVES UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER ARE POROUS,NOT CLEANABLE. MUST SEAL OR PAINT SHELVES. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT SEALED TO CABINET BASE WATER SEEPING FROM NOT SEALED AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR CAUSE. BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF BLACK SMALL COOLER AND AT WHITE SMALL FREEZER BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXCESS GRIMES INSIDE THE MOP SINK IN THE BASEMENT,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.EXCESS SPIDER WEBS ON SHELVES,UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER,ON WATER PIPES,SIDE OF EQUIPMENTS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE WAS OBSERVED UNDER THE EXPOSED HAN SINK,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING/BROKEN FLOOR TILES AT FRONT PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. BROKEN PLASTIC COVING AT EAST-SOUTH CORNER IN BY THE WINDOW NEED TO BE REPLACED,AND NOT SEALED COVING NEED TO BE SEALED IN PREP AREA.DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA WHICH IS USED FOR STORAGE,NEED TO SWEEP AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING/BROKEN FLOOR TILES AT FRONT PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. BROKEN PLASTIC COVING AT EAST-SOUTH CORNER IN BY THE WINDOW NEED TO BE REPLACED,AND NOT SEALED COVING NEED TO BE SEALED IN PREP AREA.DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA WHICH IS USED FOR STORAGE,NEED TO SWEEP AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPEN CEILING METAL AT SOUTH-WEST AREA ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL OPEN CEILING METAL AT SOUTH-WEST AREA ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • BURNED LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.ALSO BURNED/MELTED LIGHT SHIELD COVER AT SAME AREA NEED TO REPLACE.

When was The Gallery Cafe last inspected?

The Gallery Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2011.

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 30% 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 April 22, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.