Big Shoulders Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 10, 2026 →
• address1430 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607

Is Big Shoulders Coffee clean?

Big Shoulders Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 10, 2026. 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 August 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Big Shoulders Coffee last inspected?

Big Shoulders Coffee has 2 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2026.

Big Shoulders Coffee vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,287 tracked restaurants — 1,020 clean, 230 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 1,287 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 — 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 August 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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