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Northstar Coffee
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2017
- address1919 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Northstar Coffee clean?
Northstar Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 18, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Northstar Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughDish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST KIT TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATION OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. MANAGER CORRECT VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RIGHT DOOR ON, 2 DOOR RUBBERMAID STORAGE UNIT LOCATED ACROSS FROM SITE, IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RIGHT DOOR ON, 2 DOOR RUBBERMAID STORAGE UNIT LOCATED ACROSS FROM SITE, IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Northstar Coffee last inspected?
Northstar Coffee has 9 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| May 4, 2020 | — | |
| December 18, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 29, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2011 | Fail |
Northstar Coffee vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 December 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.