Cafe Spiaggia

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 14, 2019
• address980 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Cafe Spiaggia clean?

Cafe Spiaggia is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 14, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Spiaggia?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • - MUST PROVIDE THE DATE ON ALL SHELLFISH TAGS, WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED; AND STORE ALL SHELLFISH TAGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS FROM THE SALE DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -critical
  Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction • - MUST PROVIDE THE DATE ON ALL SHELLFISH TAGS, WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK FROM THE CONTAINER IS SOLD OR SERVED; AND STORE ALL SHELLFISH TAGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS FROM THE SALE DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. -
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • - OBSERVED PRESET TABLEWARE IN THE DINING ROOM, UNCOVERED & EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. MUST REMOVE/COVER/INVERT ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES OF PRESET TABLEWARE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATION. -
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO ADEQUATELY MEASURE THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE (160F) AFTER THE FINAL RINSE IN THE HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO ADEQUATELY MEASURE THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE (160F) AFTER THE FINAL RINSE IN THE HIGH TEMP DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • - MUST INSTALL A DUMP SINK IN THE CAFE BAR. -
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - OBSERVED SOME EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • - MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION THAT IS ANSI ACCREDITED, FOR ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -

When was Cafe Spiaggia last inspected?

Cafe Spiaggia has 11 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2011.

Cafe Spiaggia 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 12% 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 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.