GUTCHECKOLD TOWN
Old Town restaurants are currently passing Chicago health inspections at a higher rate than the city as a whole: 82 of 96 restaurants on file (85%) hold a current Pass, running 5% ahead of Chicago's citywide average. GUTCHECK logged 4 new Old Town 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 Old Town restaurants & bars
Most-cited violations in Old Town
Across Old Town 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
- Non-food/food Contact Surfaces Clean
Old Town health inspection FAQ
How do I look up a restaurant's health inspection score in Old Town?
Search any Old Town 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 96 Old Town establishments on this page come from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections dataset, which GUTCHECK rebuilds daily.
Which restaurants in Old Town failed their health inspection?
No Old Town restaurants currently hold a Fail on their most recent City of Chicago inspection. 14 passed with conditions, meaning inspectors cited violations that had to be corrected but weren't severe enough to halt operation. This reflects current status and changes as new inspections are published.
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 Old Town, 14 of 96 establishments currently carry this result, compared with 82 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 Old Town, 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.