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Groundswell Coffee Roasters
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2023
- address1168 W Madison St, Chicago 60607
Is Groundswell Coffee Roasters clean?
Groundswell Coffee Roasters is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 31, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Groundswell Coffee Roasters?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 FOUND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CARDBOARD AND BOXES ON THE FLOOR IN THE INDOOR DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-501.115 FOUND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CARDBOARD AND BOXES ON THE FLOOR IN THE INDOOR DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES.
When was Groundswell Coffee Roasters last inspected?
Groundswell Coffee Roasters has 12 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 15, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2016 | Pass |
Groundswell Coffee Roasters vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 July 31, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.