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Harper Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 21, 2025
- address1116 E 59Th St, Chicago 60637
Is Harper Cafe clean?
Harper Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Harper Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Harper Cafe last inspected?
Harper Cafe has 11 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 19, 2016 | — | |
| October 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 16, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2012 | Fail |
Harper Cafe vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 November 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.