Craves Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 9, 2011
• address4431 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Craves Cafe clean?

Craves Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 9, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Craves Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving, ice machine, not clean need cleaning, storage shelving in 1st floor, and bsmt need detailed cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under cooking equipment, heavy equipment, storage shelving 1st floor, and bsmt. not clean needs detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under cooking equipment, heavy equipment, storage shelving 1st floor, and bsmt. not clean needs detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint in rear kitchen areas shall be repair/sealed. Walls that had gaps exposed plaster in closet area shall be repair/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls that had peeling paint in rear kitchen areas shall be repair/sealed. Walls that had gaps exposed plaster in closet area shall be repair/sealed.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Light shields in kitchen prep area, bathrooms need cleaning.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust vents(ventilation)in kitchen prep area, coolers not clean need detailed cleaning.

When was Craves Cafe last inspected?

Craves Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2010.

Craves Cafe vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 March 9, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.