Big Shoulders Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 3, 2025 β
- address311 S Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Big Shoulders Coffee clean?
Big Shoulders Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
What did inspectors find at Big Shoulders Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- π·οΈfood improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container
- β οΈToilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
When was Big Shoulders Coffee last inspected?
Big Shoulders Coffee has 5 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2019.
December 3, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection βNovember 6, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection βJanuary 26, 2021 No Entry
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View full inspection βJuly 31, 2019 Pass
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View full inspection βJuly 9, 2019 Not Ready
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View full inspection βBig Shoulders Coffee vs Loop
Loop runs 81% clean across 1,996 tracked restaurants β 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 1,996 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 authorityβs 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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