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Charmer's Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 7, 2025
- address1500 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago 60626
Is Charmer's Cafe clean?
Charmer's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Charmer's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARD AT PREP COOLER WITH DARK STAINS AND DEEP CUTS,MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE .
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DEBRIS UNDER SHELF AT REAR STORAGE AREA IN FRONT OF ICE MACHINE.
When was Charmer's Cafe last inspected?
Charmer's Cafe has 15 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 5, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2017 | Pass |
Charmer's Cafe vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 April 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.