Cafecito
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Looking clean.
The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026 →
- address7 N Wells St, Chicago 60606
Is Cafecito clean?
Cafecito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafecito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
When was Cafecito last inspected?
Cafecito has 24 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
The latest two displayed graded visits went from Fail on February 26, 2026 to Pass on March 5, 2026. Both visits are dated snapshots of the record.
History worth a look: 4 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.
March 5, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →February 26, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →February 21, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →January 29, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →May 3, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →April 26, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →October 3, 2022 Pass
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View full inspection →September 29, 2022 Fail
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View full inspection →January 29, 2021 Pass
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View full inspection →April 9, 2020 Pass
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View full inspection →April 3, 2020 Fail
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View full inspection →November 14, 2019 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →Cafecito vs Loop
Loop runs 82% clean across 2,016 tracked restaurants — 1,619 clean, 324 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 2,016 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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