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Caffe Rom
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 26, 2019
- address71 S Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Caffe Rom clean?
Caffe Rom is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 26, 2019. 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 Caffe Rom?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT, TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHICKEN SALAD, TUNA SALAD)NOT PROPERLY DATED , STORED LONGER THAN 24 HOURS IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING WITH DISPOSITION DATE FOR RTE FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24 HOURS IN COLD HOLDING UNIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH CONTENTS NAME.MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE. • OBSERVED THAT PREPACKAGED FOODS ON DISPLAY (FRUIT SALAD, PASTA,ORANGE JUICE) NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST LABEL PACKAGES WITH FOOD NAME, INGREDIENTS, NET CONTENTS, SOURCE AND LIST OF ALLERGENS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED INCOMPLETE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE'S MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED INCOMPLETE FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION FROM EMPLOYEE. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEE'S MUST COMPLY WITH FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOOD HANDLING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT ACT.
When was Caffe Rom last inspected?
Caffe Rom has 18 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| November 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 19, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 10, 2015 | Pass |
Caffe Rom 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 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.