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Cafe 71
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2018
- address71 S Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Cafe 71 clean?
Cafe 71 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 13, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe 71?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalHands Clean & Properly Washed • IMPROPER HANDS WASHING, OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER RINSING HIS HANDS IN PREP SINK AFTER HANDLING RAW BEEF WITH BARE HANDS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HAVE FOOD HANDLERS WASH HANDS ACCORDING TO HEALTH CODE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010
When was Cafe 71 last inspected?
Cafe 71 has 12 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 6, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2010 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe 71 vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 November 13, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.