Cosi

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 6, 2016
• address203 N La Salle St, Chicago 60601

Is Cosi clean?

Cosi is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 6, 2016. 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 April 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around 3 compartment sink, exposed hand sink in kitchen prep area in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced. Cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Cutting boards that had deep cuts in prep areas, shall be replaced.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around 3 compartment sink, exposed hand sink in kitchen prep area in state of disrepair, shall be repaired/replaced. Cooler shelving/racks that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Cutting boards that had deep cuts in prep areas, shall be replaced.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Cooler shelving/racks in front prep area not clean, need detailed cleaning, front counter shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices). Walk in cooler shelving/racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment in kitchen, prep areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors under pop dispensing unit not clean, needs detailed cleaning(corners). Broken damaged floor tile in front prep area, shall be repaired/replaced. Floor tiles by ice machine, and exposed hand sink need re-grouting.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment in kitchen, prep areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners), floors under pop dispensing unit not clean, needs detailed cleaning(corners). Broken damaged floor tile in front prep area, shall be repaired/replaced. Floor tiles by ice machine, and exposed hand sink need re-grouting.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling in rear prep area had peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed. Walls in front prep area counter not clean, need detailed cleaning. Damaged/stained ceiling tiles in rear kitchen area, shall be repaired/replaced.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling in rear prep area had peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed. Walls in front prep area counter not clean, need detailed cleaning. Damaged/stained ceiling tiles in rear kitchen area, shall be repaired/replaced.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 3 compartment sink faucet leaking at neck, shall be repaired/replaced.

When was Cosi last inspected?

Cosi has 13 inspections on record going back to February 3, 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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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 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.