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Cafe Espresso
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2021
- address5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Cafe Espresso clean?
Cafe Espresso is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 21, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Espresso?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2021. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cafe Espresso last inspected?
Cafe Espresso has 10 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| July 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 14, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 23, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 6, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 5, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 25, 2017 | Fail |
Cafe Espresso 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 27% 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 21, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.