Icafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2025
• address1812-1814 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Icafe clean?

Icafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Icafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER NOT PROVIDED AT THE FRONT UPRIGHT BEVERAGE COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER IN IN A CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY-VIEWABLE LOCATION IN ALL EQUIPMENT USED TO COLD-HOLD TCS FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY RED PEPPER FLAKES PROVIDED IN OPEN, UNPROTECTED PLASTIC CONTAINERS AT EACH INDIVIDUAL TABLE IN THE DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN DRY RED PEPPER FLAKE CONTAINERS AND OTHER CONDIMENTS ADEQUATELY COVERED AND PROTECTED WHEN PROVIDED AT INDIVIDUAL TABLES AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRY RED PEPPER FLAKES PROVIDED IN OPEN, UNPROTECTED PLASTIC CONTAINERS AT EACH INDIVIDUAL TABLE IN THE DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN DRY RED PEPPER FLAKE CONTAINERS AND OTHER CONDIMENTS ADEQUATELY COVERED AND PROTECTED WHEN PROVIDED AT INDIVIDUAL TABLES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED STAINLESS STEEL WALL SURFACE (ON RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF GRILL) IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA IN POOR REPAIR, PULLING AWAY FROM THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE STAINLESS STEEL WALL SURFACE IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA AND MAINTAIN ALL PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING TO ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES WITHOUT CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATE(S) ON-SITE FOR INSPECTOR REVIEW AT ALL TIMES.

When was Icafe last inspected?

Icafe has 9 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2021.

Icafe vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.