Starbucks

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2024
• address3640 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Starbucks clean?

Starbucks is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Starbucks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON EXTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP TABLES IN PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. (NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES)
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED COFFEE BEANS, FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON FLOORD THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS.----ALSO OBSERVED DIRTY FLOOR DRAINS UNDERNEATH THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE FOOD EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RENEW EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE FOOD EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RENEW EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Starbucks last inspected?

Starbucks has 7 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2014.

Starbucks vs North Center

North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 59% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Chino Latino Kitchen
  clean · October 21, 2014
• ✓ Slamdunk Food Mart, Inc.
  clean · April 21, 2017
• ✓ Cuba 312
  cooked · May 26, 2023
• ✓ Mcdonalds Restaurant
  clean · October 28, 2025
• ✓ Keren Kitchen
  cooked · June 22, 2015
• ✓ Fountainhead Market
  cooked · June 10, 2020

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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 December 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.