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Cali's Corner
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
- address2800 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60645
Is Cali's Corner clean?
Cali's Corner is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cali's Corner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14--- MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE IN BOTH WASHROOMS AND THE PREP-BAR HAND WASHING SINK.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12--- ICE SCOOP AT THE BASEMENT ICE MACHINE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER. NOT ON TOP OF THE MACHINE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12--- ICE SCOOP AT THE BASEMENT ICE MACHINE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER. NOT ON TOP OF THE MACHINE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C)-- ALL STORED ITEMS UNDER THE BAR AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C)-- ALL STORED ITEMS UNDER THE BAR AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
When was Cali's Corner last inspected?
Cali's Corner has 9 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cali's Corner vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 March 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.