Rewired Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 12, 2023
• address1100 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Rewired Cafe clean?

Rewired Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 12, 2023. 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 Rewired Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED SERVING PLATES ON SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • NOTED SERVING PLATES ON SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • NOTED MULTIPLE SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED AT THE SEMI BASEMENT DRY STORAGE NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE AND CLEAN STORAGE AREA FOR THE ARTICLES.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • NOTED MULTIPLE SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED AT THE SEMI BASEMENT DRY STORAGE NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE AND CLEAN STORAGE AREA FOR THE ARTICLES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AT THE KITCHEN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • NOTED DRAIN PIPE FROM THE SODA GUN DRAINING INTO THE HAND WAASH SINK BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REDIRECT THE DRAIN LINE INTO THE FLOOR DRAIN.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • NOTED DRAIN PIPE FROM THE SODA GUN DRAINING INTO THE HAND WAASH SINK BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REDIRECT THE DRAIN LINE INTO THE FLOOR DRAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED ROUGH AND UNFINISHED BRICK WALLS BEHIND THE DEEP FREEZER ON THE HALL WAY/ STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH WALLS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER ON SHELVES, FLOORS AT THE SEMI BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY OR UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST. • NOTED LOOSE AND MISSING COVING ON WALL UNDERNEATH THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND HAND WASHING SINK AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND FOOD STORAGE ROOM WITH 4 DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL THE COVING FOR THE WALLS. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AT THE FOLLOWING AREAS:- -FLOORS THROUGH OUT ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH COOKING STOVE AND FRYERS AT THE THE KITCHEN PREP AREA, FLOORS AT THE SEMI BASEMENT,FLOORS AT THE DISH WASHING/ ICE MACHINE AREA AND FLOORS AT THE BAR ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT. -MISSING TILES AT THEDISH WASHING AND ICE MACHINE ROOM AREA, CEILING TILES AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND DISH WASHING AREA MUST REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE MISSING TILES WHERE EVER NEEDED. -DIRTY AND DUSTY CEILING FANS THROUGH OUT. - STAINED WALLS AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Rewired Cafe last inspected?

Rewired Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2020.

Rewired Cafe vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, 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 May 12, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.