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Cafe Verde
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 21, 2024
- address225 W Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Cafe Verde clean?
Cafe Verde is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Verde?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site, No certificate posted while handling TCS foods ( soup, deli....) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • Coolers thermometers kept in the back of coolers, instructed to keep in warmest part
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Employee not having a food handler training certificate, Instructed to obtain.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Employee not having a food handler training certificate, Instructed to obtain.
When was Cafe Verde last inspected?
Cafe Verde has 2 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 1, 2022 | Pass |
Cafe Verde 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 10% 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 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.