Swim Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2013
• address1357 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Swim Cafe clean?

Swim Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 16, 2013. 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 Swim Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation not workig in toilet room. Instructed to repair or replace exhaust fan.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not provided inside cooler. Instructed to provide thermometer conspicuous inside all coolers.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not provided inside cooler. Instructed to provide thermometer conspicuous inside all coolers.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Food handler not wearing hair restraints in prep area. Instructed to provide proper hair restraints for all foods handlers.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • Food handler not wearing hair restraints in prep area. Instructed to provide proper hair restraints for all foods handlers.

When was Swim Cafe last inspected?

Swim Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2011.

Swim Cafe vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ? Windy City Mini Market
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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, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.