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Cafe Espresso C
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2022
- address5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Cafe Espresso C clean?
Cafe Espresso C is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Espresso C?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HAND WASH SOAP DISPENSER AT PREP SINK. INSTD TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN ONLY AT HANDWASH SINK.
When was Cafe Espresso C last inspected?
Cafe Espresso C has 8 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| July 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2017 | Fail |
Cafe Espresso C vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 76% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 299 clean, 61 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 18, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.