North Park University Cafeteria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2025
• address5000 N Spaulding Ave, Chicago 60625

Is North Park University Cafeteria clean?

North Park University Cafeteria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at North Park University Cafeteria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED DISHWASHER HANDLING DIRTY DISHES WHILE LOADING THE DISHWASHING MACHINE THEN PROCEED TO UNLOAD CLEAN DISHES FROM THE OTHER END OF THE MACHINE WITHOUT CHANGING HIS GLOVES/WASHING HIS HANDS. REVIEWED WHEN TO WASH HANDS AND CHANGE GLOVES AND INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REWASH ALL THE CONTAMINATED CLEAN DISHES REMOVED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Proper Reheating Procedures For Hot Holding • NOTED COOKED CHICKEN AT 83.6F AND BEEF PATTIES AT 111.3F BOTH COVERED WITH PLASTIC WRAP IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. FOOD HANDLER STATED HE TOOK THEM FROM THE COOLER AND DIRECTLY PUT IN THE HOT HOLDING UNIT WITHOUT PROPERLY REHEATING. REVIEWED PROPER REHEATING METHODS AND TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT. ALL FOOD DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  Proper Reheating Procedures For Hot Holding • NOTED COOKED CHICKEN AT 83.6F AND BEEF PATTIES AT 111.3F BOTH COVERED WITH PLASTIC WRAP IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. FOOD HANDLER STATED HE TOOK THEM FROM THE COOLER AND DIRECTLY PUT IN THE HOT HOLDING UNIT WITHOUT PROPERLY REHEATING. REVIEWED PROPER REHEATING METHODS AND TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT. ALL FOOD DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures • NOTED COOKED CHICKEN AT 83.6F AND BEEF PATTIES AT 111.3F BOTH COVERED WITH PLASTIC WRAP IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. ALL DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE THE ABOVE VIOLATION #19 FOR CITATION.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED A PLASTIC CUP BEING USED AS A FOOD SCOOP INSIDE A CONTAINER OF READY TO EAT CUT FRESH FRUIT. INSTRUCTED FOOD SCOOPS STORED INSIDE FOODS MUST BE INVERTED WITH A HANDLE. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED A PLASTIC CUP BEING USED AS A FOOD SCOOP INSIDE A CONTAINER OF READY TO EAT CUT FRESH FRUIT. INSTRUCTED FOOD SCOOPS STORED INSIDE FOODS MUST BE INVERTED WITH A HANDLE. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED PEELING TINFOIL BEING USED AS DRY FOOD CONTAINER LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WASHABLE LIDS FOR BULK FOOD CONTAINER AND REPLACE NOTED CRACKED AND DAMAGED PLASTIC LIDS. • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION INSIDE WALK-IN COOLERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED THE FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND THE LARGE COOKING POTS ON THE COOKS LINE IN POOR REPAIR WITH PEELING, MISSING FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE/REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.----NOTED A LARGE HOLE IN THE CEILING OF THE MEN'S EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.

When was North Park University Cafeteria last inspected?

North Park University Cafeteria has 19 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

North Park University Cafeteria vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ Kedzie & Wilson Food
  clean · November 16, 2011
• ? Ajdin Restaurant
  cooked · August 22, 2016
• ? Adjin Restaurant
  cooked · August 22, 2016
• ✓ Great Sea Chinese Restaurant
  clean · January 13, 2015
• ? Ay Ay Picante
  cooked · March 14, 2013
• ? Chen's Garden Restaurant
  cooked · August 4, 2020

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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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.