Cafe Fresh

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 26, 2014
• address1030 N Clark St, Chicago 60610

Is Cafe Fresh clean?

Cafe Fresh is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 26, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Fresh?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE PANINI PRESS, PREP TABLES, INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE AND ICE MACHINE, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS AND FREEZERS, ROLLING CART, AND INTERIOR OF CABINETS UNDERNEATH THE JUICER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND THE WALLS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND THE WALLS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALL BEHIND THE FRONT PREP COUNTER. REPLACE THE STAINED AND MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE THE ICE MACHINE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN THE WALL BEHIND THE FRONT PREP COUNTER. REPLACE THE STAINED AND MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE THE ICE MACHINE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR THE WATER LEAK UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND SINK STOPPERS SO THAT THEY CAN HOLD WATER IN THE SINK BASINS.

When was Cafe Fresh last inspected?

Cafe Fresh has 2 inspections on record going back to November 26, 2014.

Cafe Fresh vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 November 26, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.