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Caribou Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2013
- address3500 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657
Is Caribou Coffee clean?
Caribou Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2013. 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 December 2, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • PROVIDE MISSING LIGHT COVER FOR LIGHT FIXTURE NEAR THE ICE MAKER.
When was Caribou Coffee last inspected?
Caribou Coffee has 7 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| December 2, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 16, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2010 | Pass |
Caribou Coffee vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 December 2, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.