Hero Coffee Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 10, 2019
• address1100 W Madison St, Chicago 60607

Is Hero Coffee Bar clean?

Hero Coffee Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 10, 2019. 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 September 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE HOLDER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (EGGS, DELI MEAT BAGELS, SLICED TOMATOES, ETC) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CFM ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WITH VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED. MUST MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATIONS VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO WRITTEN POLICY POSTED ON SITE OR NECESSARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIAARHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN POSSIBLE OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST OBTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST OBTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED PLUMBING FEATURE (TOILET ) IN RESTROOM IN NEED OF CLEANING. MUST MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED PLUMBING FEATURE (TOILET ) IN RESTROOM IN NEED OF CLEANING. MUST MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED CEILING VENT IN RESTROOM ACCUMULATED WITH EXCESSIVE DUST. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED CEILING VENT IN RESTROOM ACCUMULATED WITH EXCESSIVE DUST. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR FOOD HANDLERS. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR FOOD HANDLERS. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Hero Coffee Bar last inspected?

Hero Coffee Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2018.

Hero Coffee Bar 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 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 September 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.