Cafe Descartes

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 15, 2014 →
• address5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Cafe Descartes clean?

Cafe Descartes is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Descartes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained

When was Cafe Descartes last inspected?

Cafe Descartes has 1 inspection on record going back to April 15, 2014.

Cafe Descartes vs North Park

North Park runs 76% clean across 85 tracked restaurants — 64 clean, 18 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 85 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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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 April 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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