Ethan's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 11, 2010
• address2201-2203 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Ethan's Cafe clean?

Ethan's Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 11, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ethan's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. The licensee shall inform the public in writing of the Chicago Department of Public Health?s Consumer Advisory relating to consuming raw and undercooked animal products. POST CONSUMER ADVISORY, LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. The licensee shall inform the public in writing of the Chicago Department of Public Health?s Consumer Advisory relating to consuming raw and undercooked animal products. POST CONSUMER ADVISORY, LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN KITCHEN.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PRESSED WOOD COUNTER TOP NEXT TO TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR, CHIPPING INTO SINK. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR. RAW WOODEN COUNTER TOP AT FRONT MUST SEAL/PAINT. MUST NOT USE TINFOIL AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN KITCHEN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PRESSED WOOD COUNTER TOP NEXT TO TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR, CHIPPING INTO SINK. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR. RAW WOODEN COUNTER TOP AT FRONT MUST SEAL/PAINT. MUST NOT USE TINFOIL AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN KITCHEN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DIRTY,GREASY TOASTER OVEN IN SUSHI PREP, MUST CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. BROKEN CRACKED FLOOR TILE AT FRONT SERVER/PREP AREA, MUST REPLACE/REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. BROKEN CRACKED FLOOR TILE AT FRONT SERVER/PREP AREA, MUST REPLACE/REPAIR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.MUST PROVIDE FOR THREE DOOR REACH IN, METAL STEM, BROKEN GLASS ON HOT OIL THERMOMETER MUST REPLACE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.MUST PROVIDE FOR THREE DOOR REACH IN, METAL STEM, BROKEN GLASS ON HOT OIL THERMOMETER MUST REPLACE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors. MUST NOT STORE EMPLOYEE PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN SUSHI PREP. REMOVE DEBRIS, BUCKETS OF EMPTY BEER CANS, CIGARETTE BUTTS, PAPER DEBRIS ON REAR PATIO TO GARAGE STORED FOOD.

When was Ethan's Cafe last inspected?

Ethan's Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2010.

Ethan's Cafe 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 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 May 11, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.