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Polpetti Espresso Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2019
- address131 N Clinton St, Chicago 60661
Is Polpetti Espresso Bar clean?
Polpetti Espresso Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 29, 2019. 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 Polpetti Espresso Bar?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2019. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Polpetti Espresso Bar last inspected?
Polpetti Espresso Bar has 6 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| October 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2017 | Pass |
Polpetti Espresso Bar vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 October 29, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.