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Necessary & Sufficient Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 19, 2026
- address3624 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Necessary & Sufficient Coffee clean?
Necessary & Sufficient Coffee is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Necessary & Sufficient Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-501.112 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE SPIDER AND COBWEBS IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT FRONT PREP, REAR PREP AND STORAGE AREA HANGING FROM CEILING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13 OBSERVED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS BEHIND COOLING UNITS AND UNDER ALL PREP TABLES THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP SPACES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED ALL CABINETS AND PREP TABLE SPACES, INSIDE COOLING UNITS AS WELL AS FREEZERS, PREP TABLES IN FRONT AS WELL AS REAR PREP AREA, PASTRY CONTAINERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTUCTED TO REMOVE ALL ACCUMULATED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON SAID SURFACES AND MAINTAIN IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE • 6-501.114 OBSERVED REAR DRY STORAGE SPACE IN NEED OF CLEANING AND ORGANIZING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECCESARY ITEMS AND ELEVATE PROPERLY AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR AND MAINTAIN PREMISE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW.
When was Necessary & Sufficient Coffee last inspected?
Necessary & Sufficient Coffee has 11 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 11, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2019 | — |
Necessary & Sufficient Coffee vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.