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Nordstrom Espresso Bar
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 16, 2026
- address55 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Nordstrom Espresso Bar clean?
Nordstrom Espresso Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Nordstrom Espresso Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOT MAINTAINED, SANITIZING AT 0 PPM CHLORINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPAIR, LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE MUST SANITIZE BETWEEN 50 PPM AND 100 PPM CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025.
When was Nordstrom Espresso Bar last inspected?
Nordstrom Espresso Bar has 17 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 17, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2015 | Pass |
Nordstrom Espresso Bar vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.