Morning Glo Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2025
• address55 E Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Morning Glo Cafe clean?

Morning Glo Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2025. 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 Morning Glo Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINKS IN SECOND FLOOR MEN AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE SIGNAGE THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • 4-303.11: OBSERVED SMALL TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT PREP AREA AT IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 49.1F. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 41F OR BELOW. HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG PLACED ON SMALL TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT PREP AREA. PRIORITY VIOLATION
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15: OBSERVED OPENINGS AT BASE OF MIDDLE AND RIGHT DOCK DOORS AND SINGLE EXIT DOOR ON RIGHT IN DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE IN ICE BIN ONCE IT IS REPAIRED.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE IN ICE BIN ONCE IT IS REPAIRED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11: OBSERVED CRACKED INTERIOR BASE OF ICE BIN IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MULTIUSE FOOD CONTACT SURFACES SHALL BE SMOOTH, FREE OF BREAKS, OPEN SEAMS AND CHIPS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY NOT TO USE ICE BIN IN FRONT PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR OR REPLACE ICE BIN IN FRONT PREP AREA FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY AND TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE. OBSERVED TWO MISSING WHEELS ON FRONT SMALL TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT IN FRONT PREP AREA, MILK CRATES USED TO ELEVATE SMALL TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WHEELS ON SMALL TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT PREP AREA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED SPILLAGE AND DEBRIS ON INTERIOR OF TWO COLD HOLDING UNITS IN FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF SMALL TWO DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AREA AND LARGE TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DAMAGED HOT WATER KNOB AT HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE HOT WATER KNOB AT HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR PREP AREA/DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11: OBSERVED MISSING CEILING FAN COVER ABOVE UTILITY SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING CEILING FAN COVER ABOVE UTILITY SINK IN REAR PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11: OBSERVED NON WORKING MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN SECOND FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR INSTALL MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN SECOND FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11: OBSERVED NON WORKING MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN SECOND FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR INSTALL MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN SECOND FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM.

When was Morning Glo Cafe last inspected?

Morning Glo Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2025.

Morning Glo 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 August 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.