Awake Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 23, 2017
• address1357 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Awake Cafe clean?

Awake Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 23, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Awake Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE PINK BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE PINK BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE MICROWAVE TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE DRY STORAGE RACKS IN THE BASEMENT TO REMOVE ONION SKIN AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE DRY STORAGE RACKS IN THE BASEMENT TO REMOVE ONION SKIN AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST ON TOP OF THE WALL THAT LEADS INTO THE DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUST ON TOP OF THE WALL THAT LEADS INTO THE DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Awake Cafe last inspected?

Awake Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2014.

Awake Cafe vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works, Llc
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• ✓ The Lil' Bake Shop
  clean · February 21, 2014
• ✓ Leona's Pizzeria
  clean · February 17, 2015
• ✓ Leona's Pizzeria
  clean · September 23, 2014
• ✓ A Baker's Tale
  clean · March 25, 2016
• ✓ Kai Zan
  clean · May 23, 2014

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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 October 23, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.