Cooked?
Cornerstone Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 8, 2024
- address2200-2202 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Cornerstone Cafe clean?
Cornerstone Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Cornerstone Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED. OBSERVED OPENING INTO THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR. MUST MAKE DOOR RODENT PROOF TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HNAD WASHING SINK DRAINING SLOW IN THE REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • 8-404.13 (B:3) OBSERVED PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2603775 ON 10/01/24. STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH THE BOTHS IN THE DINING AREA APPROXIMATELLY 200 RAT DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZED AFFECTED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE PEST PROBLEM. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • 8-404.13 (B:3) OBSERVED PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2603775 ON 10/01/24. STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH THE BOTHS IN THE DINING AREA APPROXIMATELLY 200 RAT DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZED AFFECTED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE PEST PROBLEM. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Cornerstone Cafe last inspected?
Cornerstone Cafe has 20 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2021 | Fail |
Cornerstone Cafe vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 October 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.