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Cafe Luigi
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2022
- address2548 N Clark St, Chicago 60614
Is Cafe Luigi clean?
Cafe Luigi is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 15, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Luigi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12: NEED TO LABEL FOOD REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CONTAINER STORED INSIDE THE COOLERS.MUST PROVIDE A COMMON NAME.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14: ALL WIPING CLOTHS IN ALL PREP AREAS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11: MUST REPLACE FILTERS AT HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. • 4-101.11(B, C, D, E): MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD BOXES AS LINERS FOR THE SHELVES IN PREP AREA.REPLACE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: LEAKING FAUCET AT MOP SINK.REPAIR ISSUE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.12: GRIMES AND SPLATTERED FOOD ON WALLS UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,AND THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
When was Cafe Luigi last inspected?
Cafe Luigi has 20 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| April 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 5, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2018 | — | |
| December 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 28, 2015 | Pass |
Cafe Luigi vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 15, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.