Hero Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 19, 2017
• address2111 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618

Is Hero Coffee clean?

Hero Coffee is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 19, 2017. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • 1-DOOR PREP COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKET RIPPED, 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING 1 STOPPER AND SANDWICH COOLER CUTTING BOARD SURFACE STAINED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN/REPLACE SANDWICH CUTTING BOARD, REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKET AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STOPPER TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • 1-DOOR PREP COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKET RIPPED, 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING 1 STOPPER AND SANDWICH COOLER CUTTING BOARD SURFACE STAINED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN/REPLACE SANDWICH CUTTING BOARD, REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKET AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STOPPER TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE PREP AREA SANDWICH REACH IN COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKETS. MUST CLEAN COOLER DOOR GASKETS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER WASHROOM DOOR MUST SELF CLOSE.

When was Hero Coffee last inspected?

Hero Coffee has 2 inspections on record going back to June 19, 2017.

Hero Coffee vs North Center

North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 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 June 19, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.