Starbucks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2024
• address1154 S Clark St, Chicago 60605

Is Starbucks clean?

Starbucks is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 7, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Starbucks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER OR VALID CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHICKEN) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND WASH SOLUTION FAUCET MISSING FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND 3 SINGLE DOORS LOCATED ON ROOSEVELT ENTRANCE BROKEN AND UNABLE TO STAY CLOSED WITHOUT BEING LOCKED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.

When was Starbucks last inspected?

Starbucks has 18 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Starbucks vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.