Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 23, 2016
• address150 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60601

Is Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar clean?

Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 23, 2016. 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 Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in reach in coolers in kitchen prep areas, must properly date food items in coolers in kitchen prep areas.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in reach in coolers in kitchen prep areas, must properly date food items in coolers in kitchen prep areas.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving/racks in kitchen prep areas that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Front counter shelving/ doors had exposed raw wood, peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Cooler shelving/racks in kitchen prep areas that had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/replaced. Front counter shelving/ doors had exposed raw wood, peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Reach in cooler shelving/racks not clean, had excess food/debris build up, needs detailed cleaning(crevices). Prep tables lower shelving not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, storage shelving/racks not clean, had excess dirt/debris build up, needs detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, storage shelving/racks not clean, had excess dirt/debris build up, needs detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls in kitchen prep area that had peeling paint, gaps, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls in kitchen prep area that had peeling paint, gaps, shall be repaired/sealed.

When was Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar last inspected?

Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar has 8 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2010.

Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice 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 August 23, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.