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Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address644 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60611
Is Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe clean?
Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS/DIRT BUILD UP ON WALLS AT DISHWASH AREA, FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP ON WALLS AT PREP AREA ALSO OBSERVED FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP INSIDE PREP AREA FLOOR DRAINS. MUST CLEAN WALLS AND INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS.
When was Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe last inspected?
Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 15, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 5, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 9, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Current/ Banquets/ Employees Cafe vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.