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Le Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2017
- address4655 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Le Cafe clean?
Le Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 31, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Le Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE/INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE/INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELD ON LIGHT FIXTURE NEAR THE EXPOSED HANDSINK AT BASEMENT PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD ON LIGHT FIXTURE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED SMALL WATER LEAK AT THE DRAIN PIPE BENEATH THE DISHWASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR PLUMBING LEAK AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE FRONT DESSERT DISPLAY COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VISIBLE THERMOMETER FOR COOLER.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETER INSIDE THE FRONT DESSERT DISPLAY COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VISIBLE THERMOMETER FOR COOLER.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER(S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER(S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Le Cafe last inspected?
Le Cafe has 15 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| July 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2015 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2013 | Pass |
Le Cafe vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 31, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.