Happy Monday Coffee

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2024
• address676 N La Salle Dr, Chicago 60654

Is Happy Monday Coffee clean?

Happy Monday Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 2, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Happy Monday Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOOD (COFFEE WITH MILK IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER ARRIVED AT 10:11AM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION .
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOOD(COFFEE WITH MILK IS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER ARRIVED AT 10:11AM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED HAND DRYING PROVISIONS SHALL BE AVAILABLE AT HANDWASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. CORRECTED ON SITE PAPER TOWELS DELIVERED TO FACILITY BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION FOR HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CONSOLIDATED WITH VIOLATION BELOW CONSOLIDATED CITATION CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER USING HANDWASHING SINK TO WASH A PITCHER. INSTRUCTED A HANDWASHING SINK MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CONSOLIDATED WITH VIOLATION ABOVE CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED NO CHLORINE CHEMICAL SANITIZER ON PREMISES USED TO SANITIZE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS. CORRECTED ON SITE CHLORINE CHEMICAL SANITIZER DELIVERED TO FACILITY BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED CHLORINE CHEMICAL SANITIZER SHALL BE PROVIDED AND AVAILABLE FOR USE DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Happy Monday Coffee last inspected?

Happy Monday Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2022.

Happy Monday Coffee vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.