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Joe's Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026
- address820 N La Salle Dr, Chicago 60610
Is Joe's Coffee clean?
Joe's Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Joe's Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HAND WASHING SIGNAGE NEEDED AT HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR IN NEED OF CLEANING FROM COFFEE GROUNDS AND COFFEE BEANS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Joe's Coffee last inspected?
Joe's Coffee has 10 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2016 | Pass |
Joe's Coffee vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.