Casa Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 20, 2026
• address2025 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Casa Cafe clean?

Casa Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Casa Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN NEED OF LABELING FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED TO ADD IDENTIFIERS AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-303.12 OBSERVED BUILD UP IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND ON THE BASES OF THE BLENDERS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-303.12 OBSERVED BUILD UP IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND ON THE BASES OF THE BLENDERS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14 ALL WIPING CLOTHS WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) THE FOLLOWING ARE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND FOOD BUILDUP: ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALL PREP TABLES, ALL STORAGE SHELVES, AND ALL AREAS WHERE ITEMS ARE BEING STORED. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-403.12 FLOOR IN BASEMENT HAS WASTEWATER POOLING AROUND THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER AND MAINTAIN CLEAR AND DRY
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • 5-403.12 FLOOR IN BASEMENT HAS WASTEWATER POOLING AROUND THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER AND MAINTAIN CLEAR AND DRY
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 FLOORS AND WALLS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND IN 3 COMP SINK AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER, FOOD BUILD UP, AND ALL STANDING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE, AND DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE, AND DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN

When was Casa Cafe last inspected?

Casa Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Casa Cafe vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.