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Cafe 7
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2019
- address1620 W Harrison St, Chicago 60612
Is Cafe 7 clean?
Cafe 7 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 5, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe 7?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED ITEMS SUCH AS YOGURT PARFAITS, BREAKFAST SCONES, MUFFINS, SALADS (TUNA AND POTATO) LOCATED AT THE FRONT DISPLAY COOLER AND WALK IN COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIST OF ALLERGENS,INGREDIENTS,NET CONTENTS,AND SOURCE FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL SAID ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED -
When was Cafe 7 last inspected?
Cafe 7 has 11 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| February 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2012 | Pass |
Cafe 7 vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 February 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.