Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim)

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2025 →
• address11601 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60666

Is Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) clean?

Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim)?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) last inspected?

Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) has 15 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) vs Ohare

Ohare runs 77% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 57 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ohare, 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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