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Ten Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 19, 2025
- address3308 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Ten Cafe clean?
Ten Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ten Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS STORED DIRECTLY ABOVE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE EMPLOYEE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS AND STORE SUCH THAT THEY DO NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS STORED DIRECTLY ABOVE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE EMPLOYEE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS AND STORE SUCH THAT THEY DO NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ON NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING AND COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF GREASE, DRIED FOOD DEBRIS, AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Ten Cafe last inspected?
Ten Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 17, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2020 | Fail |
Ten 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 36% 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 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.