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Same Day Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
- address2651 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Same Day Cafe clean?
Same Day Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Same Day Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • Bulk food ( flour, sugar...) not labeled, instructed to label and maintain.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Customers can access food shelves on their way to restroom. Instructed to remove food shelves or protect from customers reach.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Customers can access food shelves on their way to restroom. Instructed to remove food shelves or protect from customers reach.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Knives wedged between prep cooler and wall, instructed to keep on a clean surface.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Knives wedged between prep cooler and wall, instructed to keep on a clean surface.
When was Same Day Cafe last inspected?
Same Day Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2015 | Pass |
Same Day Cafe vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.