Howard Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 26, 2017
• address1418 W Howard St, Chicago 60626

Is Howard Cafe clean?

Howard Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Howard Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NOTED LIME DEPOSIT ON SHELVING UNDER WORK BENCH IN DISHROOM.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOODHANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOODHANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET.

When was Howard Cafe last inspected?

Howard Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2017.

Howard Cafe vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 26, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.