Starbucks Navy Pier

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJuly 15, 2024
• address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Starbucks Navy Pier clean?

Starbucks Navy Pier is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Starbucks Navy Pier?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE AT LEAST ONE PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE MAINTAINED ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRESENT ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE TCS FOOD (MILK, TCS SANDWICHES) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH CERTIFIED MANAGER TRAINING AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES OF FOOD OPERATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING ITEMS NECESSARY FOR COMPLYING WITH PROCEDURES FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON-SITE, NO KIT PRESENT. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENT CLEAN UP KIT WITH ALL NECESSARY ITEMS TO COMPLY WITH WRITTEN CLEAN UP PROCEDURES AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PERSON-IN-CHARGE OBTAINED PRE-MADE CLEAN UP KIT ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED AT ALL HANDSINKS THROUGHOUT FACILITY (FRONT PREP AREA, REAR WAREWASHING AREA). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISPOSABLE PAPER TOWELS TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS THROUGHOUT FACILITY AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PERSON-IN-CHARGE PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS TO ALL HANDWASHING SINKS ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED SEVERAL REACH-IN COLD-HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE FRONT PREP AREA MISSING INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER FOR EACH COLD-HOLDING UNIT USED TO STORE TCS FOOD ITEMS IN CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY-VIEWABLE LOCATION AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE ICE SCOOP STORED WITH HANDLE BENEATH ICE IN-BETWEEN USES IN THE REAR AREA ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS WITH THE HANDLE UPWARDS AND ABOVE THE FOOD ITEM WHEN IN-BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE ICE SCOOP STORED WITH HANDLE BENEATH ICE IN-BETWEEN USES IN THE REAR AREA ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS WITH THE HANDLE UPWARDS AND ABOVE THE FOOD ITEM WHEN IN-BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND OTHER ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS STORED AROUND THE DISH MACHINE IN THE REAR WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CLUTTER AND ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS FROM THE PREMISES AND MAINTAIN IN-USE AREAS FREE FROM CLUTTER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was Starbucks Navy Pier last inspected?

Starbucks Navy Pier has 2 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2023.

Starbucks Navy Pier 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 7% 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 July 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.