GUTCHECKNEAR WEST SIDE
Near West Side has 559 restaurants on file with the City of Chicago's health inspection program, 430 of which (77%) currently hold a Pass — roughly in line with Chicago's citywide average. Among Near West Side restaurants with recent violations, facility maintenance, sanitation & cleaning, and handwashing & hygiene 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 22 new Near West Side 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.
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Near West Side health inspection FAQ
How do I look up a restaurant's health inspection score in Near West Side?
Search any Near West Side 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 559 Near West Side establishments on this page come from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections dataset, which GutCheck rebuilds daily.
Which restaurants in Near West Side failed their health inspection?
6 of the 559 restaurants currently tracked in Near West Side hold a Fail on their most recent inspection, and 123 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 Near West Side, 123 of 559 establishments currently carry this result, compared with 430 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 Near West Side, 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.