Near North Side restaurants are currently passing Chicago health inspections at a higher rate than the city as a whole: 212 of 237 restaurants on file (89%) hold a current Pass, running 8% ahead of Chicago's citywide average. Among Near North Side restaurants with recent violations, sanitation & cleaning, facility maintenance, and pest control 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 15 new Near North 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.
How many restaurants in Near North Side have failed a Chicago health inspection?
1 of the 237 restaurants GutCheck currently tracks in Near North Side hold a Fail on their most recent Chicago Department of Public Health inspection. This changes as new inspections come in — GutCheck rebuilds from the city's live feed on every deploy, so this reflects current status, not a historical snapshot.
Is GutCheck's Near North Side restaurant health data official?
Yes. Every record comes directly from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections open-data feed (data.cityofchicago.org, dataset 4ijn-s7e5) — the same data the Chicago Department of Public Health publishes itself. GutCheck is an independent service and isn't affiliated with the City of Chicago.