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Cafe Alif
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 6, 2024
- address2245 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Cafe Alif clean?
Cafe Alif is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 6, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Alif?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDEAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
When was Cafe Alif last inspected?
Cafe Alif has 8 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| September 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe Alif vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.