Sparrow Coffee Roastery

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 6, 2012
• address1201 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineWholesale

Is Sparrow Coffee Roastery clean?

Sparrow Coffee Roastery is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 6, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Sparrow Coffee Roastery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • All food should be properly protected from contamination during storage, preparation, display, service, and transportation.MUST PROVIDE A DROPPED CEILING AT COFFEE SERVICE COUNTER AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION DURING PREPARATION AND SERVICE. NO CITATION ISSUED. PREMISES NOT OPEN AND OPERATING AT THIS TIME.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST SEAL OR PAINT ALL RAW WOOD AT COFFEE PREP COUNTER AREA. MUST GAP UNDER INTERIOR DOOR ON THE WEST SIDE OF PREMISES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST SEAL OR PAINT ALL RAW WOOD AT COFFEE PREP COUNTER AREA. MUST GAP UNDER INTERIOR DOOR ON THE WEST SIDE OF PREMISES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.MUST SEAL BOTH CONCRETE COLUMNS AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK AND COFFEE SERVICE COUNTER DISPLAY AREA TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.MUST SEAL BOTH CONCRETE COLUMNS AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK AND COFFEE SERVICE COUNTER DISPLAY AREA TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.MUST PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK.

When was Sparrow Coffee Roastery last inspected?

Sparrow Coffee Roastery has 1 inspection on record going back to February 6, 2012.

Sparrow Coffee Roastery vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 6, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.