Neiu Cafeteria

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
• address5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Neiu Cafeteria clean?

Neiu Cafeteria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 17, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Neiu Cafeteria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • UPPER INTERIOR SHIELD INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT PINK SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED A RUSTY AND FOOD ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED A RUSTY AND FOOD ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • EXTERNAL FINAL RINSE GAUGE ON THE DISH WASHING MACHINE.NOT OPERATIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • EXTERNAL FINAL RINSE GAUGE ON THE DISH WASHING MACHINE.NOT OPERATIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD OR TINFOIL AS LINER FOR SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. • SOME METAL RACK SHELVING INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH EXCESSIVE RUST. MUST REMOVE RUST OR RESURFACE/REPLACE.----EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP ON THE SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST REMOVE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK AT THE MIDDLE NOZZLE OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR.----NOTED AN ATTACHED EYE WASHING STATION ON THE HAND WASHING SINK USED FOR THE DISH ROOM AND DISH WASHING THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REMOVE EYE WASHING STATION FROM ALL HAND WASHING SINKS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • UNUSED, NON-FUNCTIONAL COOLERS MUST BE REMOVED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Neiu Cafeteria last inspected?

Neiu Cafeteria has 11 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2021.

Neiu Cafeteria vs North Park

North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.

Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.