✕

Starbuck's

October 21, 2025 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeComplaint
failed findings6
critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

no certified food manager on dutycritical

Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
code 1Priority
certified manager paperwork missingcritical

Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
code 2Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
Inspector note: AT TIME OF INSPECTION UNABLE TO POWER ON HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE USED TO SANITIZE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS. AT TIME OF INSPECTION MANAGER STATES HIGH TEMPERATURE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, REPLACED OR REMOVED FROM FACILITY BECAUSE IT LEAKS FROM THE BOTTOM. CORRECTED ON SITE 'HELD FOR INSPECTION' TAG PLACED ON HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED ONCE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND IS SANITIZING PROPERLY AT A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 180F E-MAIL FOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG TO REQUEST TAG REMOVAL PRIOR TO USING UNIT.( NOTE: HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT IN USE AT TIME OF INSPECTION.) PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 NO CITATION ISSUED
code 16
pests in the house

Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
Inspector note: OBSERVED OVER 70 SMALL FLIES IN FACILITY. OBSERVED SMALL FLY ACTIVITY IN SUCH AREAS AS ON WALLS IN FRONT WHERE CUSTOMERS WAIT IN LINE, CUSTOMER CONDIMENT AREA IN FRONT, FRONT PREP AREA AND REAR DRY STORAGE NEAR DOUBLE DOORS. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE SMALL FLY ACTIVITY IN FACILITY AND CLEAN AFFECTED AREAS, RECOMMENDED LICENSED PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE FACILITY ON OR AFTER 10/21/2025. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED
code 38
surfaces / setup not up to code

Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
Inspector note: OBSERVED BOXES OF SINGLE USE ITEMS AND ESPRESSO MACHINE STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
code 47
floors, walls, or ceilings grimy

Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
Inspector note: OBSERVED HOLE IN UPPER WALL TO THE RIGHT OF THE TIME CLOCK IN REAR STORAGE AREA AND OBSERVED DAMAGED LEFT BASEBOARD IN FRONT PREP AREA ON SAME SIDE AS POS SYSTEM UNDERNEATH COUNTER WITH ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR HOLE IN WALL IN REAR NEAR TIME CLOCK AND SMOOTHLY REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED LEFT BASEBOARD IN FRONT PREP AREA ON SAME SIDE AS POS SYSTEM UNDERNEATH COUNTER WITH ONE COMPARTMENT SINK AND ICE BIN FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 2, 2024: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Loop

See every restaurant in Loop →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.