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Cafe Selmarie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2024
- address4729 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Cafe Selmarie clean?
Cafe Selmarie is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Selmarie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--Observed hand sink near rear exit door to not be properly protected from contamination between prep sink and service/utility sink. Instructed manager to provide splash guard on each side to protect against potential contamination.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--Observed hand sink near rear exit door to not be properly protected from contamination between prep sink and service/utility sink. Instructed manager to provide splash guard on each side to protect against potential contamination.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12-- Observed no backflow prevention device present at following locations: service/utility sink near rear exit door;coffee expresso unit at front counter; water dispenser at front counter. Instructed manager to provide backflow prevention device at each location.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11--Observed light above rear hand sink near rear exit door and light above ovens in rear bakery area to not have protective shields or covers. Provide protective light shield or shatter resistant light bulbs.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11--Observed light above rear hand sink near rear exit door and light above ovens in rear bakery area to not have protective shields or covers. Provide protective light shield or shatter resistant light bulbs.
When was Cafe Selmarie last inspected?
Cafe Selmarie has 20 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 1, 2021 | — | |
| July 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2016 | Pass |
Cafe Selmarie 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 April 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.