Northstar Coffee

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2017
• address200-232 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620
• cuisineHot Dog Station

Is Northstar Coffee clean?

Northstar Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. 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 January 6, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • CUT TOMATOES OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE OF 55.1F, CHEESE PIZZA-130.4F, PEPPERONI PIZZA-127.1F. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW COLD AND AT 140 DEGREES OR ABOVE UNTIL SERVED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE COME IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE FOOD PREP AREA, PUT ON GLOVES WITHOUT WASHING HANDS AND PREPARE FOOD. HANDS MUST BE WASHED WHEN ENTERING PREP AREA BEFORE PUTTING ON GLOVES AND HANDLING UN COVERED FOODS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A)
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR BOTTOM SECTION OF WALL IN STORAGE AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR BOTTOM SECTION OF WALL IN STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS HANDLING UNCOVERED FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS REGARDLESS OF TITLE.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLERS HANDLING UNCOVERED FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS REGARDLESS OF TITLE.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • ALL NEW EMPLOYEES THAT FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST MEET IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • ALL NEW EMPLOYEES THAT FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST MEET IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Northstar Coffee last inspected?

Northstar Coffee has 6 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2010.

Northstar Coffee vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 6, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.