Cafe Descartes

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE PEST CONTROL, FOUND 30 LIVE FRUIT FLIES IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MGR TO ELIMINATE INSECTS ACTIVITY IN ALL AFFECTED AREAS. PEST CONTROL SERVICE RECOMMENDED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
  code 18
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: SARAN WRAP USED TO COVER ONE MISSING GLASS FOR SIDE OF PASTRIES DISPLAY CASE, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR, DEEP DARK GROOVES NOTED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 22, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near North Side

• ✓ Munchies On Larrabee
  cooked · 1012 N Larrabee St · inspected April 12, 2011
• ✓ Fitness Rx. Cafe And Pro Shop
  cooked · 355 E Grand Ave · inspected January 5, 2011
• ✓ Elysian Hotel Chicago
  clean · 11 E Walton St · inspected April 21, 2011
• ✓ Signature Room At The 95Th
  clean · 875 N Michigan Ave · inspected April 14, 2011
• ✕ Tr Napa Valley
  cooked · 61 E Oak St · inspected November 15, 2013
• ✓ Tr Napa Valley
  clean · 61 E Oak St · inspected September 9, 2011

See every restaurant in Near North Side →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.