Caribou Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2014
• address3240 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Caribou Coffee clean?

Caribou Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Caribou Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING INSIDE MILK COOLER IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST RE-PAINT OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING INSIDE MILK COOLER IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST RE-PAINT OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING AND WATER DAMAGE CEILING TILES IN MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE. MUST REPLACE BROKEN LIGHT SHIELDS IN BOTH WASHROOMS.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING AND WATER DAMAGE CEILING TILES IN MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE. MUST REPLACE BROKEN LIGHT SHIELDS IN BOTH WASHROOMS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN REAR PREP AREA IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR/MAINTAIN.

When was Caribou Coffee last inspected?

Caribou Coffee has 6 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2010.

Caribou Coffee vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

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• ? Tony's Burrito Mex
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• ✓ Xippo
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• ? The Bungalow
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• ✓ House Of Wah Sun
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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 June 12, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.