Cosi

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 15, 2019
• address233 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60601

Is Cosi clean?

Cosi is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 15, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Cosi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED PERSON IN CHARGE WITHOUT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD HANDLERS PREPARING AND HANDLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY(TCS) FOODS WITHOUT ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER NOR VALID CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE CITY OF CHICAGO ORIGINAL FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE MUST REMAIN POSTED ON SITE AND CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING TCS FOOD PREP, COOKING, SERVING AND OPERATING HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED FACILITY WITH A BODILY FLUID SPILL KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS WITHOUT PROPER SANITIZER TO DISINFECT NOROVIRUS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO OBTAIN A CLEAN-UP PROCEDURE AND APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES (INCLUDING SANITIZER TO DISINFECT NOROVIRUS) ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO PROPERLY CLEAN UP ANY VOMIT OR DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED GRAB & GO BROWNIES ON DISPLAY NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL PACKAGED FOOD ITEMS WITH IDENTITY, NET WEIGHT, INGREDIENTS, LIST MAJOR ALLERGENS, BUSINESS NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE MADE AND PACKAGED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK AND TOP OF 2-DOOR REACH IN COOLER WHERE FRESHLY BAKED BROWNIES WERE STORED DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK AND TOP OF 2-DOOR REACH IN COOLER WHERE FRESHLY BAKED BROWNIES WERE STORED DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING IN THE FRONT PREP AREA NEAR THE EXPOSED HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP IN A POSITION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. MUST STORE MOP AFTER USE IN A MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PERSON'S ON SITE WITH PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.

When was Cosi last inspected?

Cosi has 21 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cosi vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ? Mallers Deli
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• ✕ Grand Food Mart
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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 November 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.