Cooked?
Desert Cafe
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 12, 2014
- address6818 W North Ave, Chicago 60707
Is Desert Cafe clean?
Desert Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 12, 2014. 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 Desert Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2014. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Desert Cafe last inspected?
Desert Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to March 12, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2014 | closed by the city |
Desert Cafe vs Montclare
Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, 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 March 12, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.