Haru Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 14, 2013
• address5832-5834 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Haru Cafe clean?

Haru Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 14, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Haru Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Reach in freezer shelving/racks that had peeling/rust shall be repaired, replaced.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Reach in freezer shelving/racks that had peeling/rust shall be repaired, replaced.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving not clean, need cleaning(detailed).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in kitchen area need cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors in kitchen area need cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Wall that had exposed wallboard/plaster outside kitchen prep area, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Wall that had exposed wallboard/plaster outside kitchen prep area, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Light shields not clean, need clean.

When was Haru Cafe last inspected?

Haru Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2011.

Haru Cafe vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 14, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.