Cafe Libra

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 9, 2025
• address1905-1907 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60640

Is Cafe Libra clean?

Cafe Libra is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Libra?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES DURING INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES DURING INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL BEING USED AS A LINER ON TOP OF GREASE TRAP IN THE UPSTAIR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALUMINUM FOIL FROM GREASE TRAP SO THAT SURFACE IS SMOOTH, DURABLE, AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED LOW LIGHTING IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT, AND IN THE UPSTAIRS CUSTOMER RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED LOW LIGHTING IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN THE BASEMENT, AND IN THE UPSTAIRS CUSTOMER RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.

When was Cafe Libra last inspected?

Cafe Libra has 3 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2024.

Cafe Libra vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 May 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.