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Sunrise Cafe Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 13, 2024
- address2012 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Sunrise Cafe Restaurant clean?
Sunrise Cafe Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 13, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Sunrise Cafe Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED WATER SPRAYER HOOKED UP TO HAND WASHING SINK. HAND WASHING SINK MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HAND WASHING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SPRAYER FROM HAND WASHING SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY CLUTTER IN BASEMENT OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DECLUTTER BASEMENT TO AVOID PEST HARBORAGE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENT.
When was Sunrise Cafe Restaurant last inspected?
Sunrise Cafe Restaurant has 25 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2020 | Fail | |
| April 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Sunrise Cafe Restaurant vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.