Cafecito

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2026 →
• address401-403 W Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago 60614

Is Cafecito clean?

Cafecito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 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 September 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Cafecito last inspected?

Cafecito has 15 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Cafecito vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 889 tracked restaurants — 692 clean, 169 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 889 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

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• ✓ Graze
  cooked · January 18, 2019
• ✓! Fuel Space
  mid · June 24, 2019
• ✓! Cafecito
  mid · February 26, 2019
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · September 24, 2024
• ✓ Maison Marcel
  cooked · March 25, 2019

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 September 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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