Caribou Coffee Co.Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2013
• address10 S La Salle St, Chicago 60603

Is Caribou Coffee Co.Inc. clean?

Caribou Coffee Co.Inc. is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 12, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Caribou Coffee Co.Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPLACE TORN GASKETS AT THE 1DR AND 2DR REFRIGERATORS AT THE COFFEE SERVICE AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPLACE TORN GASKETS AT THE 1DR AND 2DR REFRIGERATORS AT THE COFFEE SERVICE AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF COLD HODING UNIT TO REMOVE FOOD CRUMBS AND DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REGROUT FLOOR IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT UNDER THE TOILET STALLS AT THE FLOOR AND REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REGROUT FLOOR IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT UNDER THE TOILET STALLS AT THE FLOOR AND REPLACE MISSING FLOOR TILES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT BULB AT 1DR UPRIGHT REFRIGERATOR AT COFFEE SERVICE AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE WORKING EXHAUST VENTS IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT.

When was Caribou Coffee Co.Inc. last inspected?

Caribou Coffee Co.Inc. has 4 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2010.

Caribou Coffee Co.Inc. vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 12, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.