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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 codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SOAP DISPENSOR DOES NOT ATTACH TO WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 FOOD HANDLER ON DUTY WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED 1 FOOD HANDLER ON DUTY WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 21, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2011 | Pass |
Cafe Descartes (T1-Baggage-Claim) vs Ohare
Ohare runs 72% clean across 434 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 78 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 434 spots Cooked tracks in Ohare, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.