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Chefs Sara's Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 27, 2025
- address7201 S Exchange Ave, Chicago 60649
Is Chefs Sara's Cafe clean?
Chefs Sara's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chefs Sara's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE CEILING BY THE OFFICE DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK FROM CEILING.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
When was Chefs Sara's Cafe last inspected?
Chefs Sara's Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to September 19, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 22, 2026 | — | |
| February 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2017 | Pass |
Chefs Sara's Cafe vs South Shore
South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, 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 February 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.