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The Bean Caffe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 10, 2025
- address2235 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago 60614
Is The Bean Caffe clean?
The Bean Caffe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Bean Caffe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • NOTED A VERY THICK BLACK AND SLIMY SUBSTANCE INSIDE THE INNER LINING OF ICE MACHINE DRIPPING ONTO THE ICE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO USE ICE MACHINE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS CLEANED AND SANITIZED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED.
When was The Bean Caffe last inspected?
The Bean Caffe has 10 inspections on record going back to November 12, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 12, 2021 | — | |
| September 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2016 | — | |
| December 11, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2014 | — | |
| November 12, 2013 | Pass |
The Bean Caffe vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.