Athena Board Game Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 13, 2022
• address1418 W Howard St, Chicago 60626

Is Athena Board Game Cafe clean?

Athena Board Game Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 13, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Athena Board Game Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • A SIGN OR POSTER THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS IS NOT PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN RESTROOM NEAR KITCHEN USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES. PROVIDE A CLEARLY VISIBLE HANDWASHING SIGN AT EACH HAND SINK. - PROVIDED MANAGER ON SITE WITH A HAND WASHING SIGN TO POST AT SINK.

When was Athena Board Game Cafe last inspected?

Athena Board Game Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2020.

Athena Board Game Cafe vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 13, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.