Nilly Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2020
• address60 E Adams St, Chicago 60603

Is Nilly Cafe clean?

Nilly Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Nilly Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA. FOUND SANITIZER ON SITE. FOUND NO DISPOSABLE GLOVES OR MASK ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN FRONT FOOD PREPARATION AREA FILLED WITH SOILED DISHES. A HANDWASHING SINK MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HANDWASHING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SAID DISHES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. • FOUND NO HANDWASHING CLEANSER AT HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. ALL HANDWASHING SINKS MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH HAND CLEANING LIQUID AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030-(C). CITATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION. • FOUND NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN FRONT FOOD PREPARATION AREA, AND REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. ALL HANDWASHING SINKS MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH A HAND DRYING PROVISION AT ALL TIMES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (EGGS, MILK, OPENED ALMOND MILK) AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 68F- 48F, LOCATED IN REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED ALL SAID TCS FOODS, COST OF ALL FOODS $30 AT 10 LBS . PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED SUNNY SIDE UP EGGS ON MENU, ALSO FOUND EGGS COOKED TO ORDER. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE FOOTNOTE DISCLOSURE, DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER FOR MENU ITEMS THAT CAN BE ORDERED UNDER COOKED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED REACH IN COOLER AT AN IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 50F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS AND NOT USE REACH IN COOLER. COOLER MUST MAINTAIN A PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. REACH IN COOLER TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION BY THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL THE WALK IN COOLER IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AND MAINTAINING A PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE FOR 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • FOUND NO FOOD TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FOOD TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED AND READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR USE IN ENSURING ATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FOOD TEMPERATURES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND RESTROOM USED AS STORAGE AREA. FOUND NO LIGHT IN SAID AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FOUND RESTROOM USED AS STORAGE AREA. FOUND NO LIGHT IN SAID AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • FOUND THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED BY CORRECT BY DATE FROM INSPECTION REPORT #2252832: 2-402.11 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED FOOD MANAGER THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • FOUND THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED BY CORRECT BY DATE FROM INSPECTION REPORT #2252832: 2-402.11 OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED FOOD MANAGER THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Nilly Cafe last inspected?

Nilly Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2018.

Nilly 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 7% 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 March 4, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.