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Native Foods Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 29, 2023
- address218 S Clark St, Chicago 60604
Is Native Foods Cafe clean?
Native Foods Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 29, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Native Foods Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-601.11 OBSERVED NO LABELS FOR THE PREPACKAGED DESSERTS FOR SALE AT THE FRONT CUSTOMER COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS FOR ALL PREPACKAGES ITEMS, LABELS MUST CONTAIN THE BUSINESS NAME, BUSINESS ADDRESS, INGREDIENTS AND IF ANY ALLERGENS ARE PRESENT.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER WITH A BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER WITH A BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER DOES NOT HAVE A COPY OF HIS ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was Native Foods Cafe last inspected?
Native Foods Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to March 25, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| November 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2016 | Pass |
Native Foods Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 November 29, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.