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Dollop Coffee Co
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2025
- address1636 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Dollop Coffee Co clean?
Dollop Coffee Co is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dollop Coffee Co?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA WHILE FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES IS PREPARED AND SERVED.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA WHILE FOOD IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES IS PREPARED AND SERVED.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING INSIDE FOOD STORAGE ROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. MUST PROVIDE ADEQAUTE LIGHTING AND MAINTAINAdequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING INSIDE FOOD STORAGE ROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. MUST PROVIDE ADEQAUTE LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN
When was Dollop Coffee Co last inspected?
Dollop Coffee Co has 12 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 24, 2019 | — |
Dollop Coffee Co vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 February 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.