Big Shoulders Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2025 →
• address5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638

Is Big Shoulders Coffee clean?

Big Shoulders Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Shoulders Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Big Shoulders Coffee last inspected?

Big Shoulders Coffee has 8 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2018.

Big Shoulders Coffee vs West Elsdon

West Elsdon runs 80% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 36 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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