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Hub 8 Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 7, 2026
- address150 N Riverside Plz, Chicago 60606
Is Hub 8 Cafe clean?
Hub 8 Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 7, 2026. 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 Hub 8 Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS MISSING AT THE COFFEE STATION HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGNAGE TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN THE WAREWASHING AREA IN POOR REPAIR, REACHING MAXIMUM FINAL RINSE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 148.5F (MEASURED WITH BOTH DISH PLATE-SIMULATING AND WATERPROOF METAL STEM IRREVERSIBLE-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS) AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO CEASE USE OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE UNTIL REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND MAINTAIN HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE WITH FINAL RINSE EQUIPMENT SANITIZATION SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 160.0F OR ABOVE (180.0F FINAL RINSE WATER TEMPERATURE). TAGGED EQUIPMENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT CDPH ONCE EQUIPMENT IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND PRIOR TO USE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED SEVERAL TCS FOOD ITEMS (SHELLFISH, SOUP STOCK) STORED COVERED BY FOOD CONTAINER LIDS WHILE COOLING IN VARIOUS COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE TCS FOOD ITEMS LOOSELY-COVERED OR UNCOVERED (IF PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION) WHILE COOLING TO FACILITATE HEAT TRANSFER AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN COFFEE GROUNDS AND CUTTING BOARD STORED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HANDWASHING SINK AT THE COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE OPEN FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT OR INSTALL SPLASH GUARD TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF OPEN FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD FREE FROM CONTAMINATION FROM THE PREMISES.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN COFFEE GROUNDS AND CUTTING BOARD STORED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HANDWASHING SINK AT THE COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE OPEN FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT OR INSTALL SPLASH GUARD TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF OPEN FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD FREE FROM CONTAMINATION FROM THE PREMISES.
When was Hub 8 Cafe last inspected?
Hub 8 Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 8, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 25, 2017 | Pass |
Hub 8 Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 July 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.