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Cafecito
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 4, 2026
- address215 E Chestnut St, Chicago 60611
Is Cafecito clean?
Cafecito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 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 May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED ONE FOOD MANAGER WITH EXPIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE A VALID FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
When was Cafecito last inspected?
Cafecito has 16 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 23, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 24, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 1, 2020 | Pass |
Cafecito 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 28% 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.