Cafe 47

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 15, 2023
• address4612 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Cafe 47 clean?

Cafe 47 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 15, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe 47?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILTY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT TO USE IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR MEASURING FOOD TEMPERATURES.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • REAR EXIT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF BOTTOM AREA OF DOOR BY SEALING LARGE GAP.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MOP SINK INSTALLED BUT NOT CONNECTED TO A WATER LINE; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER TO THE SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST SEAL THE AREA BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND WALL UNDER THREE COMP SINK AND BY TWO DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT IN REAR AREA.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Cafe 47 last inspected?

Cafe 47 has 6 inspections on record going back to August 2, 2022.

Cafe 47 vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 September 15, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.