Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2018
• address555 W Madison St, Chicago 60661

Is Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs clean?

Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURES ON SITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED LARGE OPEN SPACING WITH NO DROP CEILING OR CEILING TILE LOCATED ABOVE WATER HEAR TANK IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. INFORMED MANAGER THAT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SURFACE IN SAID AREA THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE THE ILLINOIS FOOD HANDLER CARDS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVE THE ILLINOIS FOOD HANDLER CARDS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs last inspected?

Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs has 3 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2018.

Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 August 13, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.