• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2024 →
• address1100 E 57Th St, Chicago 60637

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Is Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee clean?

Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee last inspected?

Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee has 10 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2011.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 10 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Ex Libris Science Digest Coffee vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 82% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 174 clean, 33 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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