T Square Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2024
• address2205 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is T Square Cafe clean?

T Square Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 8, 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 T Square Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK AND SMOOTHIE PREP AREA AT THE FRONT PREP. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK AND SMOOTHIE PREP AREA AT THE FRONT PREP. MUST INSTALL A WASHABLE SPLASHGUARD.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED SLIGHT CLUTTER AT THE BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.MUST ALSO PROVIDE SHELVING FOR STORAGE, 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE WALL.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS

When was T Square Cafe last inspected?

T Square Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2022.

T Square Cafe vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in North Center

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  clean · May 8, 2025
• ✓ Chicago Artisan Market
  clean · January 20, 2023
• ✓ Dulce De Leche Cafecito
  clean · December 15, 2025
• ✓ Lincoln Cafe And Market
  cooked · February 4, 2025
• ✓ Il Milanese Ristorante
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• ✓ Il Milanese Ristorante
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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 July 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.