Le Cafe Station

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2021
• address1909-1911 N Western Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Le Cafe Station clean?

Le Cafe Station is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Le Cafe Station?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SOME BLACK RESIDUE ON INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED ENTRY DOOR NOT COMPLETELY RODENT PROOF. MUST COMPLETELY RODENT PROOF DOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUBBER GASKET ON REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OR REPARIR AND CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN

When was Le Cafe Station last inspected?

Le Cafe Station has 2 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2021.

Le Cafe Station vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

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• ✓! 7-Eleven #38948A
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• ✓ Steak & Tostada
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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 March 26, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.