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Hero Coffee
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 20, 2017
- address1912 N Western Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Hero Coffee clean?
Hero Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 20, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hero Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 20, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a questionable sourcecriticalAdequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • OBSERVED NO HOT OR COLD RUNNING WATER AT THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK. WATER WAS TURNED OFF. MANAGER TURN ON HOT WATER. HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER NOW AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HAVE CONTINUES SUPPLY OF HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ALL TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED A FEW ITEMS INSIDE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME PREPARED BY DATE OR USED BY DATE.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • OBSERVED A FEW ITEMS INSIDE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME PREPARED BY DATE OR USED BY DATE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR DRAINS IN REAR PREP AREA/DISWASHING AREA.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST PROVIDE DRAIN COVER AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT BUILD-UP ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH FOOD STORAGE SHELVING AND INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR DRAINS IN REAR PREP AREA/DISWASHING AREA.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST PROVIDE DRAIN COVER AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT BUILD-UP ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH FOOD STORAGE SHELVING AND INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT NOT MET NO LOGS RECORDS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT NOT MET NO LOGS RECORDS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Hero Coffee last inspected?
Hero Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| December 20, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 20, 2017 | Pass |
Hero Coffee vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 December 20, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.