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Q'bo Latin Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address3953 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Q'bo Latin Cafe clean?
Q'bo Latin Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Q'bo Latin Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN OR POSTER NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED IN THE MILK SMALL REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN THE FRONT COFFEE PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BIG BOTTLES OF OIL AND OTHER ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BIG BOTTLES OF OIL AND OTHER ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND HAND WASHING SINKS. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR PREP AREA DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.
When was Q'bo Latin Cafe last inspected?
Q'bo Latin Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass |
Q'bo Latin Cafe vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.