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The Living Room Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2015
- address806 E 64Th St, Chicago 60637
Is The Living Room Cafe clean?
The Living Room Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Living Room Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVING UNITS IN REACH IN COOLER,GREASE TRAP AT 3- COMP SINK.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASHGUARD IN BETWEEN 1- COMP & 3- COMP SINK.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE RUST FROM SHELVING UNITS IN REACH IN COOLER,GREASE TRAP AT 3- COMP SINK.MUST PROVIDE A SPLASHGUARD IN BETWEEN 1- COMP & 3- COMP SINK.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRI FROM REACH IN COOLER,EXTERIOR SURFACE ABOVE DOOR OF ICE MACHINE.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN PREP AREA.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN PREP AREA.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE BURNTOUT LIGHT IN PREP AREA.
When was The Living Room Cafe last inspected?
The Living Room Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| November 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2010 | Pass |
The Living Room Cafe vs Washington Park
Washington Park runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 52 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 5, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.