@Spot Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2011
• address901 N Larrabee St, Chicago 60610

Is @Spot Cafe clean?

@Spot Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 19, 2011. 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 @Spot Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMEPRATURE IN BUS TUBS WITH SOME ICE AROUND THE FOOD. OBSERVED COOKED CHICKEN AT 50F, FETA CHEESE AT 48F, PARMESAN CHEESE AT 52F, BLUE CHEESE AT 45F, PROVOLONE CHEESE AT 47F, SWISS CHEESE AT 48F, TOMATO SOUP AT 75F, CHICKEN SALAD AT 44F, TUNA SALAD AT 46F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 25# OF FOOD WORTH $93. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DETAIL CLEAN THE SYRUP BOTTLES AND NOZZLES, INTERIOR OF STORAGE CABINETS BELOW THE COUNTER.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE STORAGE CLOSET.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE STORAGE CLOSET.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. REPLACE THE BROKEN REFRIGERATION THERMOMETER IN COOLER #4.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. REPLACE THE BROKEN REFRIGERATION THERMOMETER IN COOLER #4.

When was @Spot Cafe last inspected?

@Spot Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2010.

@Spot Cafe vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 October 19, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.