GUTCHECKEDGEWATER
Of the 180 restaurants GUTCHECK tracks in Edgewater, 133 (74%) currently hold a Pass on their most recent Chicago health inspection — running 6% below the citywide average, worth knowing before you book a table. Among Edgewater restaurants with recent violations, facility maintenance, sanitation & cleaning, and food storage come up most often in inspector notes — the same categories the City of Chicago's Food Protection Program flags as Priority and Priority Foundation issues. GUTCHECK logged 10 new Edgewater inspections in the most recent 30-day window covered by the city's feed — every listing below reflects each restaurant's current, not historical, status.
All Edgewater restaurants & bars
Most-cited violations in Edgewater
Across Edgewater establishments with any violation on their latest inspection, these come up most often. Citation frequency isn’t the same as severity — see our analysis of which violations actually predict a failure.
- Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
- Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
- Allergen Training as Required
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Edgewater health inspection FAQ
How do I look up a restaurant's health inspection score in Edgewater?
Search any Edgewater restaurant or bar by name in the search box on this page, or browse the full list below. Each listing opens a page showing that restaurant's most recent City of Chicago inspection result, the specific violations inspectors cited, and its full inspection history. All 180 Edgewater establishments on this page come from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections dataset, which GUTCHECK rebuilds daily.
Which restaurants in Edgewater failed their health inspection?
1 of the 180 restaurants currently tracked in Edgewater hold a Fail on their most recent inspection, and 46 more passed only with conditions. Use the Failing filter above the list to see them. A Fail means inspectors found violations serious enough that the establishment could not continue operating until they were corrected — most are re-inspected and reopen within days.
What does "Pass with Conditions" mean on a Chicago health inspection?
It means the restaurant passed, but inspectors cited violations that needed correcting — often on the spot, during the inspection itself. It is not a failure and does not stop a restaurant from operating. In Edgewater, 46 of 180 establishments currently carry this result, compared with 133 holding a clean Pass. Because roughly one in five Chicago establishments carries it at any given time, treating it as equivalent to a Fail would be misleading.
How often does Chicago inspect restaurants in Edgewater, and are the results public?
The Chicago Department of Public Health inspects food establishments on a risk-based schedule — higher-risk operations more frequently — plus complaint-driven and re-inspection visits, so the gap between inspections varies by restaurant rather than following a fixed calendar. Every result is public record, published through the city's open-data portal (dataset 4ijn-s7e5). GUTCHECK reads that same feed directly; it's an independent service and isn't affiliated with the City of Chicago.
Independent service — not affiliated with the City of Chicago, Cook County, or any restaurant. Health inspection data sourced directly from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections open-data feed (data.cityofchicago.org, dataset 4ijn-s7e5), rebuilt from the live feed on every deploy. Neighborhood is derived from ZIP code and is approximate.