Crafty Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 25, 2018
• address1330 W Fulton St, Chicago 60607

Is Crafty Cafe clean?

Crafty Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 25, 2018. 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 Crafty Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE ON-SITE DURING THE INSPECTION FOR THE INSPECTOR TO REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FORM 1B OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012(A) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN-UP KIT AVAILABLE ON-SITE DURING THE INSPECTION FOR THE INSPECTOR TO REVIEW. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE KIT AND PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT INVOLVE THE DISCHARGE OF VOMITUS OR FECAL MATTER ONTO SURFACES IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT . PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN DEBRIS AND DUST FROM FLOORS BEHIND PREP COUNTER AND IN THE MOP CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Crafty Cafe last inspected?

Crafty Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to July 24, 2018.

Crafty Cafe vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 July 25, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.