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Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address11601 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60666
Is Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt) clean?
Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt) is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE UNCOVERED IN THE SMOOTHIE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO COVER ICE BIN TO PROTECT ICE FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE UNCOVERED IN THE SMOOTHIE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO COVER ICE BIN TO PROTECT ICE FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKET ON THE INSIDE OF BEVERAGE REFRIGERATOR TO BE TORN AND IN DISREPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt) last inspected?
Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt) has 34 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 4, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cafe Zoots (T1 C18 Foodcourt) vs Ohare
Ohare runs 72% clean across 434 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 78 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 434 spots Cooked tracks in Ohare, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 February 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.