Nookies Cafe & Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2020
• address1100 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Nookies Cafe & Restaurant clean?

Nookies Cafe & Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 3, 2020. 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 Nookies Cafe & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ON MENU FOR CONSUMER ADVISORY. MUST PROVIDE AN ASTERIK ON THE FOOD ITEM ALONG WITH THE STATEMENT "COOKED TO ORDER". PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED PREP COOLER HANDLES MISSING FROM SLIDING DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND INSTALL NEW HANDLE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO TEST STRIPS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATORS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO TEST STRIPS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATORS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED INSIDE OF COOKING FRYERS FILLED WITH GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • FOUND PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 10-16-18 REPORT # 2229720. VIOLATION 58.PA 100-0367 NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • FOUND PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 10-16-18 REPORT # 2229720. VIOLATION 58.PA 100-0367 NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-42-090.

When was Nookies Cafe & Restaurant last inspected?

Nookies Cafe & Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Nookies Cafe & Restaurant vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, 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 January 3, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.