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Northstar Coffee/Home Depot
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 27, 2017
- address3500 N Kimball Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Northstar Coffee/Home Depot clean?
Northstar Coffee/Home Depot is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 27, 2017. 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 Northstar Coffee/Home Depot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 27, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (HOT DOGS, POLISH SAUSAGE, ETC.) ARE PREPARED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
When was Northstar Coffee/Home Depot last inspected?
Northstar Coffee/Home Depot has 11 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| November 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| May 23, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2013 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2010 | Fail |
Northstar Coffee/Home Depot vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, 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 November 27, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.