Coffee Berry

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 18, 2012
• address4700 N Kimball Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Coffee Berry clean?

Coffee Berry is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Coffee Berry?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND REACH-IN COOLER WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE. NOTED AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46.F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, COOLERS WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST MAINTAIN COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF BELOW F. (MANAGEMENT REPLACE THE SAID REACH-IN COOLER) REACH-IN COOLER AIR TEMPERATURE NOW AT 39.7F. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 (A)
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER. NOTED MILK TEMPERATURE RANGING BETWEEN 46.9F - 48.2F, HALF AND HALF AT 47.9F. MANAGER DISCARDED THE SAID FOOD PRODUCTS. TOTAL VALUE $15.00, TOTAL WEIGHT 5 LBS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 (A).
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • FOUND EMPLOYEE WASHING MULTI-USE UTENSILS AT PREP SINK WITHOUT PROPER SANITIZING PROCEDURE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER, MULTI-USE UTENSILS SHOULD GET PROPER EXPOSURE TO THE SANITIZING SOLUTION AT FINAL RINSE. INSTRUCTED TO USE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FOR PROPER WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING OF MULTI-USE UTENSILS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED MULTI-USE UTENSILS (FORKS AND SPOONS) INVERTED (HANDLES UP).
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED MULTI-USE UTENSILS (FORKS AND SPOONS) INVERTED (HANDLES UP).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACE OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, PREP SINK, EXPOSED HAND SINK, INTERIOR SURFACES OF COOLERS AND FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP AND REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP AND REAR STORAGE AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FOUND FLOOR DRAIN UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH GRAY TAPE AROUND FLOOR DRAIN COVER. NOTED FOUL, SEWAGE ODOR COMING OUT FROM THE SAID FLOOR DRAIN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TAPE, CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO REORGANIZE REAR STORAGE AREA AND STORAGE CLOSETS. ALL STOCKS MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.

When was Coffee Berry last inspected?

Coffee Berry has 7 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2010.

Coffee Berry vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ Sarpino's Pizzeria
  clean · April 30, 2019
• ✓ George's Grill Kabab
  clean · January 14, 2014
• ✓ Brothers Coffee Shop
  clean · November 21, 2013
• ✓! 7-Eleven
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• ✓ 7-Eleven
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• ✓ Kabob
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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 18, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.