Hero Coffee Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2016
• address2111 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618

Is Hero Coffee Bar clean?

Hero Coffee Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 5, 2016. 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 Hero Coffee Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY LABEL LARGE GRAY PLASTIC CONTAINERS HOLDING COFFEE BEANS IN THE REAR AREA.ALL FOODS NOT STORED IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AT ALL TIMES
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST PROPERLY LABEL LARGE GRAY PLASTIC CONTAINERS HOLDING COFFEE BEANS IN THE REAR AREA.ALL FOODS NOT STORED IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AT ALL TIMES
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPLACE/REPAIR/RESEAL BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE CUSTOMER SITTING AREA IN FRONT OF THE CURTAIN ENTRANCE WAY LEADING TO THE PREP AREA. ALSO THE FLOOR TILES IN THE COFFEE PREP AREA AS WELL IN FRONT OF THE SANDWICH PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST REPLACE/REPAIR/RESEAL BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE CUSTOMER SITTING AREA IN FRONT OF THE CURTAIN ENTRANCE WAY LEADING TO THE PREP AREA. ALSO THE FLOOR TILES IN THE COFFEE PREP AREA AS WELL IN FRONT OF THE SANDWICH PREP AREA.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • MUST REPAIR SELF-CLOSING DEVICE FOR THE RESTROOM.FOUND NOT IN WORKING ORDER.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD PREP STAFF MEMBER MAKING SANDWICHES NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • OBSERVED FOOD PREP STAFF MEMBER MAKING SANDWICHES NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MEMBERS MUST HAVE THEIR IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES AT ALL TIMES. MUST PROVIDE.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MEMBERS MUST HAVE THEIR IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES AT ALL TIMES. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Hero Coffee Bar last inspected?

Hero Coffee Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2015.

Hero Coffee Bar vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, 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 5, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.