Starbucks

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 25, 2024
• address9438 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60620

Is Starbucks clean?

Starbucks is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 25, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Starbucks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ANY BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ANY BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FAUCET ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF REPAIR. NOZZLE MUST REACH 3RD COMPARTMENT WITH EASE INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT NOZZLE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS BUILD UP ON GROUND. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS BUILD UP ON GROUND. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD AT DRAINS, BETWEEN REACH INS AND CABINETS AND UNDER REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Starbucks last inspected?

Starbucks has 3 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2021.

Starbucks vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 63% clean across 234 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 41 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 234 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.