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The Bridge Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 21, 2022
- address3219 W Carroll Ave, Chicago 60624
Is The Bridge Cafe clean?
The Bridge Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 21, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Bridge Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED WALK IN COOLING UNIT WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND DEBRIS UNDER THE SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND STAINS ON THE FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS UNDER AND AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER DISH WASHING MACHINE AS WELL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.
When was The Bridge Cafe last inspected?
The Bridge Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| September 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2015 | Pass |
The Bridge Cafe vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 September 21, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.