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Big Shoulders Coffee Works
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2025
- address1105 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Big Shoulders Coffee Works clean?
Big Shoulders Coffee Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2025. 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 Big Shoulders Coffee Works?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hands washing sign in employees restroom, Instructed to provide.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Live pottery plants placed above food production area, instructed to remove.
When was Big Shoulders Coffee Works last inspected?
Big Shoulders Coffee Works has 11 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2012 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2012 | Fail |
Big Shoulders Coffee Works 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 28% 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 July 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.