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Hero Coffee Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 5, 2025
- address2950 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60657
Is Hero Coffee Bar clean?
Hero Coffee Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 5, 2025. 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 May 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 - OBSERVED DISCOLORED CEILING TILES IN KITCHEN AND CEILING VENT IN GUEST/EMPLOYEE WASHROOM ABOVE TOILET WITH HEAVY DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11 - NOTED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN KITCHEN ABOVE FOOD PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN PROOF ON SITE STATING THAT THE LIGHT BULBS USED ARE SHATTERPROOF.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11 - NOTED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN KITCHEN ABOVE FOOD PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN PROOF ON SITE STATING THAT THE LIGHT BULBS USED ARE SHATTERPROOF.
When was Hero Coffee Bar last inspected?
Hero Coffee Bar has 11 inspections on record going back to July 24, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 12, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2018 | — |
Hero Coffee Bar vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 May 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.