Cafe University

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 31, 2015
• address1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605

Is Cafe University clean?

Cafe University is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 31, 2015. 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 University?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 31, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • OBSERVED A DISPLAY COOLER AT 46.5F IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL REFRIGERATION AT 40.0F OR BELOW. PREP COOLER NOT IN USE AT THIS TIME. NO CITATION GIVEN. EQUIPMENT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION.

When was Cafe University last inspected?

Cafe University has 3 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2013.

Cafe University vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 March 31, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.