Elaine's Coffee Call

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 19, 2016
• address1816 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Elaine's Coffee Call clean?

Elaine's Coffee Call is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 19, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Elaine's Coffee Call?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 19, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GAURD AT HAND SINK NEXT TO 3- COMP SINK IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM BOTH WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS,LOWER SHELF OF PREP TABLE IN BASEMENT BAKERY AREA,RUSTY VENTILATION VENTS IN CEILING.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN DOOR GASKETS ON BASEMENT PREP COOLER
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE A SPLASH GAURD AT HAND SINK NEXT TO 3- COMP SINK IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM BOTH WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS,LOWER SHELF OF PREP TABLE IN BASEMENT BAKERY AREA,RUSTY VENTILATION VENTS IN CEILING.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN DOOR GASKETS ON BASEMENT PREP COOLER
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM FLOOR IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA AND UNDER COUNTER STORAGE AREA AND IN BASEMENT PREP AREA AND FLOOR DRAINS.MUST GROUT FLOOR IN BASEMENT DISH MACHINE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM FLOOR IN 1ST FL. PREP AREA AND UNDER COUNTER STORAGE AREA AND IN BASEMENT PREP AREA AND FLOOR DRAINS.MUST GROUT FLOOR IN BASEMENT DISH MACHINE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST SEAL GAP BETWEEN WALL BASE BEHIND DISH MACHINE IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN FOOD SPLATTER FROM CEILING TILES IN BASEMENT BAKERY AREA.MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM VENTILATION VENTS & CEILING TILES IN DINING AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST SEAL GAP BETWEEN WALL BASE BEHIND DISH MACHINE IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN FOOD SPLATTER FROM CEILING TILES IN BASEMENT BAKERY AREA.MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM VENTILATION VENTS & CEILING TILES IN DINING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY BACK FLOW DEVICE ON MOPSINK IN BASEMENT AND LEAKY DRAIN LINE IN PROTEIN WALK IN COOLER

When was Elaine's Coffee Call last inspected?

Elaine's Coffee Call has 4 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2014.

Elaine's Coffee Call vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 19, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.