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SUSHI WITH GUSTO

2250 N SHEFFIELD AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60614 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

SUSHI WITH GUSTO has been inspected 10 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since January 15, 2019. The most recent inspection, on September 16, 2025, found no infractions.

5 of 10 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene, Cleaning and sanitizing and Food source, labelling and allergens.

The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 1, 2022. For example: ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 1, 2022. For example: FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

  • Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk

    Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 1, 2022. For example: FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded once on February 6, 2019. For example: CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded 7 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 1, 2022. For example: MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

10 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Non-Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Canvass

    1 infraction

    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • NOTED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN UNISEX KITCHEN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  4. Canvass

    0 infractions

  5. Canvass Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  6. Canvass Re-Inspection

    7 infractions

    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • 2-102.14(O): FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON-SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • 5-204.11: NO HANDWASHING SINK INSTALLED AT FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SAID SINK AT MENTIONED AREA. PROVIDE HANDWASHING SINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND HAND-DRYING DEVICE/PAPER TOWELS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 16. FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED
      • 4-602.11(B-E): BEGINING OF MINERAL INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE IN THE REAR KITCHEN FOR COOLING PROCESS.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN UNIT
    • 37. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
      • 3-302.12: NOT LABELED DRY FOOD INGREDIENT:RICE.INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WITH A COMMON NAME
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-101.19: THE OBSERVED CARDBOARD BOX WAS USED AS A SHELF TO STORE FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDED A RAISED SHELF WITH A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND ABSORBENT MATERIAL
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • 2-102.13: NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE WAS PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • 2-102.13: NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ARE PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
  7. Canvass

    8 infractions

    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON-SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 8. HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
      • UPON MY ARRIVAL OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE NOT USING GLOVES TO HANDLE READY-TO-EAT FOOD: SUSHI. HE REALIZED THAT I WAS THERE AND PUT ON GLOVES AFTER HANDLING NON-FOOD ITEMS: HANDLES FROM COOLERS, MOVING BOXES, AND GARBAGE CAN, AND WITHOUT HANDWASHING BETWEEN TASKS, GLOVED HANDS AND CONTINUED TO PREP/ STORE SUSHI IN CONTAINERS. EXPLAINED HANDWASHING AND GLOVE PROCEDURES. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • NO HANDWASHING SINK INSTALLED AT FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SAID SINK AT MENTIONED AREA. PROVIDE HANDWASHING SINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND HAND-DRYING DEVICE/PAPER TOWELS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C), NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 16. FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED
      • BEGINING OF MINERAL INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE IN THE REAR KITCHEN FOR COOLING PROCESS.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN UNIT
    • 37. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
      • NOT LABELED DRY FOOD INGREDIENT:RICE.INSTRUCTED TO LABEL WITH A COMMON NAME
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • THE OBSERVED CARDBOARD BOX WAS USED AS A SHELF TO STORE FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDED A RAISED SHELF WITH A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND ABSORBENT MATERIAL
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE WAS PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ARE PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
  8. License Re-Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED LEFT SIDE OF SUSHI STATION DISPLAY CASE SLIDING DOOR CRACKED AND FILLED/REPLACED WITH CARDBOARD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  9. License

    5 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • AT TIME OF INSPECTION VOMIT AND DIARHEAL CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON SITE, HOWEVER, FOUND NO NECESSARY ITEMS/KIT ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE NECESSARY ITEMS (DISPOSAL MOP HEAD, SINGLE USE GLOVES, FACE MASK AND APPROVED CHEMICAL SANITIZER)/KIT ON SITE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINKS AT THE FOLLOWING AREAS: -2ND FL, EAST CUSTOMER/EMPLOYEES REST ROOM -2ND FL, WEST CUSTOMER/EMPLOYEES REST ROOM INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE AT SAID AREAS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
    • 25. CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD
      • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE/REMINDER INDICATED ON MENU FOR RAW/UNDER COOKED FOODS, FOR CUSTOMER VIEW. INFORMED MANAGER THAT THE DISCLOSURE/REMINDER STATEMENT AND INDICATOR MUST BE IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE CUSTOMER, INDICATED ON MENU OF RAW/UNDER COOKED FOODS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY SIGNAGE, DISCLOSURE/REMINDER INDICATED. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED LEFT SIDE OF SUSHI STATION DISPLAY CASE SLIDING DOOR CRACKED AND FILLED/REPLACED WITH CARDBOARD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION PA 100-0367 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  10. License

    0 infractions

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